184 Quotes About Raising-children

The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient silence, acting by standards which had lasted generations, waiting to grow up to make their decisions, following the patterns of their own lives.

In a perfect world, a strong woman nourishes her young boy into a man properly so that he may find another woman who invokes the same qualities and attributes, providing happier, consistent livelihoods.

There is nothing more pathetically sad than a parent who teaches a child not to hit by spanking them. Well, that, and adults who think hitting someone will solve a problem.

I could do worse than become my own grandma, or anyone of the strong women who raised us. Our strengths emerged from theirs; we build on their heritage and transform their resilience and competence into our own.

You're not allowed to raise boys who reject all things feminine, then get upset when they become men who hate women.

Let's raise children who won't have to recover from their childhoods.

Actual parenting is a lot harder than raising your hand.

From my new release Cry for MeThis is Mrs. Hazelton speaking to Maria"...emotions have no color, no culture, knows no prejudice and can hardly be controlled, so in trying to raise children we need all the help and resources available to us . . .

You can't make me be nice.You can't make me be good.You can't make me believe.But your example, your kindness, your patience and love will affect me perhaps enough that eventually I may choose to do those things.