Parenting Quotes

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.

I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.

Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.

Education, like neurosis, begins at home.

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice.

I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit.

My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work.

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.

While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.