Quotes about Parenting

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I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a chil — Anne Lamott, Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. — Bill Ayers
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your — Ursula Hegi
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. — Jim Valvano
While I was drying off Maddie after her bath tonight, she said, 'I love you' to me for the first time. It sounded like ' — Jim Beaver, Life's That Way
But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better. — Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I think that the best thing we can do for our children is to allow them to do things for themselves, allow them to be st — C. JoyBell C.
He could not construct for the child's pleasure the world he'd lost without constructing the loss as well and he thought — Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt. — Mitch Albom
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in — Anne Frank
Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate — Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique
To be in your children's memories tomorrow,You have to be in their lives today. — Barbara Johnson
Mother is a verb. It's something you do. Not just who you are. — Cheryl Lacey Donovan, The Ministry of Motherhood
I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and — Marjorie Pay Hinckley, Small and Simple Things
If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuabl — Jane Clayson Johnson, I Am a Mother
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. — Dorothy Parker
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of belie — Scott Dikkers, You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day
A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never b — Stephen Colbert, I Am America
Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up. — Ray Romano
Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely — Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys