409 Quotes About Parents-and-children

Det är en omöjlig sak för söner att förstå, och en skam för pappor att erkänna: att vi egentligen inte vill att våra barn vare sig ska följa sina drömmer eller gå i våra fotspår. Vi vill gå i deras fotspår, när de följer våra drömmar.

Let the infant make his first steps on his own; the first urge to walk, just like that of being, must come from him or her alone. - Primal Rule of Parenthood

Two children he had had, and he had not seen either clearly. But perhaps no parent can truly see their child. When we look we see only the mirror of our own faults.

Grief needs an outlet. Creativity offers one. Some psychiatrists see mourning and creativity as the perfect marriage, the thought processes of one neatly complementing the other. A child’s contradictory impulses to both acknowledge and deny a parent’s death represents precisely the type of rich ambiguity that inspires artistic expression.

Saying ‘no’ to your children can be an act of love.

Give people room to be what God created them to be, don't force them to fit into your own mold

Parenting is not about the parents, it's about the children.

Parents who do not give their children clear messages that they are loved, whether by words or appropriate displays of affection, such as being held, cuddled, hugged, kissed, having hands shaken, and being patted on the back, are not meeting their sons' and daughters' emotional needs.

I hope you gain insight from those you encounter and embody lifelong learningI hope you cry when you are sadI hope you cry when you are joyousI hope you speak with eloquence and loveI hope you gaze at the moon in admirationI hope you accept the journey of LIFE with ease and calmI hope you choose toleranceI hope you travel to seek, not travel to touristI hope you help people without expectations or applause