But nothing on this earth is guaranteed, when you get right down to it, you know ? I've been thinking about that.… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she… — Hawa Abdi Copy Share Image
We FaceTime and Skype. My two older kids got iPods for their birthdays, so they can FaceTime their dad whenever they need… — CC Sabathia Copy Share Image
“Eril-Fane let out a slow breath. “Were you afraid of the dark as a child?” A chill snaked up Lazlo’s spine. He… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“Parents abandon their children. Children abandon their parents. Parents protect or forsake, but they always forsake. Children stay or go but they… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
As children, we said no, we rebelled, we had temper tantrums and meltdowns. We tested our limits. Our parents' limits. All limits.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you have a child, you start to dream of how this kid will grow up and make you proud. The only… — Carol Lynn Pearson Copy Share Image
“At any moment of the day, some desire is in the process of coming true. Old seeds we planted (and perhaps forgot… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“Listen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline… — Victor Devlin 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
There's now, for the first time, a huge gulf between the artefacts of our everyday life and what even a single expert,… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
I was the only child born to Josephine Perry that survived. Mama had six other children before me, and all had passed… — Isabel Sanford Copy Share Image
In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experiences and… — Louise Hart Copy Share Image
“For our Selves will always do pretty well if we don't pay them too much attention. Our Selves are like some little… — George MacDonald 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
