It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because… — Gillian Flynn 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
It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
“Only children simply accept the fact that their parents have the right to make choices for them. Even disobedient children never question… — The Mirror of Maybe Copy Share Image
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
“But the truth is, there's little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
“When our e-motions are not mirrored and named, we lose contact with one of our vital human powers. Parents who are out… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Parents should learn to stop nagging their children about how well they could do “if you only tried more, or cared more.”… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and… — Jeff Bryant Copy Share Image
I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially… — Jennifer Lynch Copy Share Image
Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“We must remain calm as parents and try not to lose control of ourselves, when we become parents. For how can we… — Iben Dissing Sandahl Copy Share Image
You spend years wishing your parents would get off your back, only to realize theyre the only ones who ever really had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We need to rise up to the challenge if we want to give our children a better world and want them to… — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
When you raise kids, you want them to grow up and be successful. If they can grow up and be like you,… — Craig Sager Copy Share Image
“Our children and grand-children will not make us people, their availability does not make us different from animal” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child's pathway to what we would consider to be… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Understand: as children and young adults, we are taught to conform to certain codes of behavior and ways of doing things. We… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“Invest your money and time acquiring knowledge for yourself... and the good news is that as you do so, you keep your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Don't anger your parents in order to please other people because those other people didn't spend their lives building yours. BUT your… — Mahfoudh Copy Share Image
It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
After a time, all children have to be on their own. Though as parents you always want to cushion them, however, when… — Rajesh Khattar Copy Share Image
All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity… — Elinor Smith Copy Share Image
“Parenting the hurt child means always knowing that you are parenting your emotional better, a human being who survived against all odds.” — Rosaria Champagne Butterfield Copy Share Image
It was funny, Skip thought, how much attention children demanded the first few years of their lives and how hard adults strove… — Julie Smith Copy Share Image
When I retired, I was at an in-between age. I wasn't a child anymore, I wasn't really a woman yet, and they… — Mary Badham Copy Share Image
One year of parenthood made us realize our responsibility towards our son. We also understood how a child needs his parents and… — Amrapali Gupta Copy Share Image
A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children. — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image