2,497 Quotes About Parenting

As is so often the case with the dreams we had when we were young, most are slowly eroded away by time, circumstance, or reason until their remnants are so faint, we don’t seriously consider chasing after them anymore.

Maybe raising children was just giving them the things you loved most in the world and hoping that they loved them too.

To make your child (or anyone) love you, accept any small gesture of help offered from a child and make a big deal out of it.

I liked it when people were impressed with my son; it made me feel proud of him. Stupid to think that way, of course--he was a person in his own right, not some accomplishment of mine--but the feeling was always there, and, if anything, with my father it was stronger than usual. I wasn't sure why.

It is perhaps difficult to understand if you have not had children yourself. The biological imperative of the parent is to protect the child, and when that is impossible it feels like a failure, whatever the circumstances. It is a complicated feeling to live with for the rest of your life.

Fathers - half of anyone's life seemed to be about who fathered them.

For their children’s good deeds, parents take credit for themselves. For their children’s bad deeds, parents give blame to society.

We live in a period where people spend more time trying to influence people they don’t know, neglecting the people who are next to them craving their attention.

What parents needed, I believed, wasn't another book about how they had to calm down and take a break. What they needed was an actual break from the deluge of parenting books.