The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother. — Christian Morgenstern Copy Share Image
He had no imagination either-fatal for one engaged in child-rearing — Mary Ann Shaffer Copy Share Image
A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
No one who traces the history of motherhood, of the home, of child-rearing practices will ever assume the eternal permanence of our… — Jessie Bernard Copy Share Image
'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was… — James Dobson Copy Share Image
They were bound for college, husbands, child-rearing, unhappiness only dimly perceived- bound, in other words, for life. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“improv and child rearing are not so different. Both are jobs that people volunteer for and complain about endlessly, and they bore… — Jen Kirkman Copy Share Image
This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
Computer system analysis is like child-rearing; you can do grievous damage, but you cannot ensure success. — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that my husband is a true partner in child-rearing. If I get home late, he gets home early or… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
If it is to be done well, child-rearing requires, more than most activities of life, a good deal of decentering from one's… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
“So, your best defense is knowledge. It really is power, as they say...The more you know, the more easily you will develop… — Elizabeth Pantley Copy Share Image
I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a… — Joely Richardson Copy Share Image
A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
Fashions change, and with the new psychoanalytical perspective of the postwar period [WWII], child rearing became enshrined as thespecial responsibility of mothersany… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
The degree to which the child-rearing professionals continue to be out of touch with reality is astounding. For example, a widely read… — Sylvia Ann Hewlett Copy Share Image
I'm all about the child-rearing propaganda. Do the kids thing, do the family thing. If anything, it just makes you a better… — Greta Lee Copy Share Image
Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
“The most effective alternative process [to punishment] is probably extinction. This takes time but is much more rapid than allowing the response… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The authoritarian child-rearing style so often found in working-class families stems in part from the fact that parents see aroundthem so many… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
“There are a hundred ways in which a boy can injure—if not indeed kill—himself. The more adventurous he is and the greater… — Christopher Milne Copy Share Image
I suppose the most important thing, the heaviest single factor in one's life, is whether one's born male or female. In most… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
We've learned that women can and should do 'men's jobs,' for instance, and we've won the principle (if not the fact) of… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
What I object to is the hyper-fetishized wedding day, the prioritizing of wedding over marriage. I have a real problem with couples… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“One day you’re going to get arrested, and when you do, don’t call me. I’ll tell the police to lock you up… — Trevor Noah, Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Copy Share Image
“This framing accents the importance of building a tidier system, one that incorporates the array of existing child care centers, then pushes… — Bruce Fuller Copy Share Image
“No intelligent radical can fail to realize the need of the rational education of the young. The rearing of the child must… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is different for humans, dear prince," she said, sounding sad, "but we have found that the underdisciplined child will bump… — Ian M. Banks Copy Share Image
“Even before i had children, I knew that being a parent was going to be challenging as well as rewarding. But I… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
In thinking of the sustainability and inclusiveness of our nation's economy and society, we place child-rearing support as our most important policy. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
Millennials may not put emphasis on traditional landmarks in child rearing but strive to bring up their kids to be well-adjusted, empathetic… — Shweta Bachchan Nanda Copy Share Image
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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