Quotes about Parenthood

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Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. — John Ciardi
The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them. — Bertrand Russell
Don't limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time. — Rabbinical saying
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. — Spanish proverb
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. — Florida Scott-Maxwell
Whatever you would have your children become strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. — Lydia H. Sigourney
Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. — Bible
I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy geography natural — John Adams
The thing about having a baby is that thereafter you have it. — Jean Kerr
The best way to bring up some children is short. — Anthony J. Pettito
What the mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. — Henry Ward Beecher
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and in a sense tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's — Erich Fromm
Who doesn't desire his father's death? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Insanity is hereditary - you can get it from your children. — Sam Levenson
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth. — Peter Ustinov
Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson
People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experiences they want their children to ha — John Holt
It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. — Eric Hoffer