You bring your children onto this earth thinking, 'Okay, I want to make sure that by that time, I'm gonna be good… — Christina Milian Copy Share Image
Rearing three children is like growing a cactus, a gardenia, and a tubful of impatiens. Each needs varying amounts of water, sunlight… — Phyllis Grissim-Theroux Copy Share Image
My father is from Jamaica, and as a child I spent many holidays there. I remember the weight and drenching wetness of… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
The beggarly question of parentage--what is it, after all? What does it matter, when you come to think of it, whether a… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours";… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“in every moment when you are parenting, you are being parented. In every moment when you are called to give grace, you… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Teach her to stand up for what is hers. If another child takes her toy without her permission, ask her to take… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to… — Jim Parsons Copy Share Image
We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I was the only child, and I know my father had certain thoughts about me. He was a lawyer and extremely literary,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
One thing I have noticed about having kids, is all you do is worry about them. Worry how they're going to do… — Wayne Bridge Copy Share Image
“A child's cry touches a father's heart, and our King is the Father of his people. If we can do no more… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“Do not raise creepy crawlers my dear braveheart parents. Raise mighty humans with Himalayan strength in their veins. Give them the voice… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I was born in 1976. I grew up in a traditional Mexican family. As a child, I had a pretty normal life:… — Emiliano Salinas Copy Share Image
“For some parents, as with Jason’s father, the least popular feature of their children is defiance. Yet it is one of the… — de Becker, Gavin Copy Share Image
“It’s different with a parent, isn’t it? They have to consider constantly whether to say yes or no, now or later. They… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Reading to babies creates such a special parent-child bond and so strongly influences a child's language skills that the American Academy of… — Dorothy Bush Koch Copy Share Image
It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who - all of a… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Before you have kids, you can blow up and get mad, then you have kids and they teach you the opposite. You… — Jason McCourty Copy Share Image
“I think we owe it to our children to share our wisdom. If we share our wisdom for the purpose of changing… — Daniel Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Just like this, the kids we raised slowly start growing up and away from us. We have to gradually let go of… — Keiko Tobe Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Raising children is like a hit and run. You've been hit, you can't flag the person down, you're wounded and you don't… — George Newbern Copy Share Image
There is a good deal of excellent research on child's play. It has shown conclusively that through play, with the freedom of… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country have as much information as… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
“Here’s one more bit of consolation for you: Toddlers save their biggest meltdowns for their parents. We’re the people with whom they… — Harvey Karp Copy Share Image
“A parent who recognizes an upstairs tantrum is left with one clear response: never negotiate with a terrorist. An upstairs tantrum calls… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with… — Kate Moss Copy Share Image
“It’s hard for you to understand what goes on in parents’ mind. We have raised you to be someone, but now we… — Arka Datta Copy Share Image
We fill the hands and nurseries of our children with all manner of dolls, drums and horses, withdrawing their eyes from the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“they thought they couldn’t, through work and fierce effort. Teaching a child to accept and even embrace struggle, rather than shy away… — Katty Kay Copy Share Image
Digital intimacy ruins the appetite for the real thing. So, when kids are gaming or even when spouses are gaming, they lose… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
When I was away from home and missing my children, I asked myself why I didn't show my approval and enjoyment of… — Benjamin Spock (20th Century Copy Share Image
We grow because the clamorous, permanent presence of our children forces us to put their needs before ours. We grow because our… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
So, what we do in Love Dare for Parents is walk through the principles that help you win the hearts of your… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
“high-reactive child’s ideal parent: someone who “can read your cues and respect your individuality; is warm and firm in placing demands on… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
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