Parenting Quotes

Expect to change yourself in order to change your life experience.

We seem to need the motivation of pain or discomfort to drive us from our current manner of thinking and being to a higher level of reality.

We seem to take notice of our body only when health is lacking. With that lack of recognition comes a lack of motivation and incentive to stretch.

We rarely improve our habits and traits while floating on the placid pool of ease and comfort.

With toddlers around, times are always interesting.

Whether you're explaining where pets go when they die or teaching your child to recycle, your philosophies have ramifications. For the rest of history, echos of your voice will be heard.

If your kids are the generation Y there are only two things you parents are worried about..What your daughters are uploading on the internet and what your sons are downloading from the internet

We ignore the emotional needs of young children at our peril.

She heard him speak, but did not recognise the problem in his voice – only later did she realise it was that thing he’d been concealing – known as guilt.

How often does a man know, without question, that he has done well? I do not think it happens often in anyone's life, and it becomes even rarer once one has a child.

No matter how long the preparation, you will never feel ready to write an exam, to start a business, to be parent or even to die. Just go for it.

We’ll never solve the problems we don’t talk about.

Kids took a fathomless amount of time and energy...And they took it first. They had right of first refusal on everything you had to offer. p220

Maggie had learned a long time ago that each day with a child was filled with two kinds of battles: those that won the war, and those that did not.

There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

How can I help this son of mine see when I can't see? The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they've held their own peace?

Autism is just the surface. What is inside each of us is what matters, autistic or not.

Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams.

Too bad for any parent who has become accustomed to ruling by force, because at some point the kids just get too big to slap around.

Doctor Copeland belt old evil anger in him. The words rose inchoately to his throat and he could not speak them. They would listen to the old man. Yet to word the reason they will not attend.

You have a healthy baby boy! The words ring like church bells in the ears of new parents.

A small step forward . . .every . . single . . .day. The sun is coming up and I am wondering, 'What wondrous thing shall I witness today?

Your child may be under more stress than you realize. Remember that situations around to past experiences. Just because you do not see something as a big deal does not mean it is not for your child.

Encourage obeying "all the way, right away, and in a happy way.

Young children especially need the visual reinforcement of seeing you turn to Scripture for wisdom.

Once you put yourself on the lookout for teachable moments, you'll find them everywhere!

It doesn't take a man to have a child, it takes a man to raise a child.

There is entirely too much tut-tutting in this realm, if you ask me. All these kings would do a deal better if they put down their swords and listened to their mothers.

A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be.

Parents must try to be, or at least put forth their best efforts to be, what they wish [their] children to be. It is impossible for you to be an example of what you are not.

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.

If you raise a daughter to be both independent and an excellent marksman, you have to accept the fact that your control over her actions is at an end.

If you can give your son or daughet only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless.

He was afraid to pick up the baby. If he touched it, it might bond with him or something. Or he might leave fingerprints all over it.

We're not mad, " he began, meaning he was. He was always a plural when mad, as though grammatically throwing his lot in with her mother gave him the power of her authority.

They had perfected their team nagging to a level where they no longer had to confer and felt they would be wasting their talents if they only admonished their own children.

I know what it feels like to miss everything about him--the way he smells, the way his mouth curls up when he laughs, his voice.

Consistency also teaches us that some things do not change, though we may wish they would. Not everything bends to our personal preferences.

The attempt to prevent our kids from struggling for fear it might scar their permanent records is, instead, scarring them for life.

Did you notice there aren’t any average kids anymore—only Gifted and Disposable?

I feel like I've lived numerous lives...and you can explore my incarnations through my works.

The children who need love the most will always ask for it in the most unloving ways

Forgive your child and yourself nightly. You didn't ask to live with the effects of ADHD any more than did your child.

When your mom was not in labor yelling at me, she made me laugh so hard.

As I’m beginning to find out, parenting is no child’s play, it couldSometimes determine whether couples continue to live together orgo their separate ways.

As a father, we need to actively listen.

Every child should be read to.

We’re gonna do like Posh and Becks and call it after the place it was conceived.”“Where’s that?” I asked.“King of Prussia.