Parenting

An aware parent loves all children he or she meets and interacts with—for you are a caretaker for those moments in time.
Doc Childre

A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.
Author Unknown

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.
C. Everett Koop

Fathers leave an indelible mark on their children and society. We must encourage, equip, and support dads as they become the true heroes of the coming generation.
Ken Canfield, Ph.D., Founder, National Center for Fathering

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.
Margaret Fuller

Praise your children openly, reprehend them secretly.
W. Cecil

Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow.
Thomas Bray

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.
Lin Yutang

One thing they never tell you about child-raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
Erma Bombeck

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Hodding Carter, Jr.

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Peter Ustinov

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
Bill Cosby

Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Jesse Jackson

Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can't poke enough holes to drain it dry.
Alvin Price

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
Charles R. Swindoll

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.
Chinese Proverb

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Frank A. Clark

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
P.D. James

Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.
Ed Asner

Parenting is an awesome task. It is my job as a professional to be sure that mothers, fathers and entire families see it also as the most rewarding one they have ever undertaken.
Ruth W. Lubic

Whoever said it first spoke with insight and wisdom: you don't own children, you only borrow them.
Anne Linn

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.
The Talmud

Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners.
Author Unknown

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
David Bly

Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him.
Dr. Henker

A mother understands what a child does not say.
Jewish Proverb

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.
Jodie Foster

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Peter Ustinov