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title: "3 Healthy Parenting Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Healthy Parenting quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Healthy Parenting sayings and thoughts."
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> [Healthy parenting is especially challenging when our own childhoods weren't healthy. It requires energy, attention, and constant restraint. Realize that you need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vimala-mcclure/healthy-parenting-is-especially-challenging-when-our-own-childhoods/)

[Vimala McClure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vimala-mcclure/)

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> [“The broad principle, which appears throughout this book, bears repeating. Healthy parenting can be boiled down to those two essential ingredients: love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-c-dobson/the-broad-principle-which-appears-throughout-this-book-bears/)

[James C. Dobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-c-dobson/)

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> [Healthy parenting is nothing if not a process of empowerment. As we help to raise our children's self-esteem, we also increase their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hart/healthy-parenting-is-nothing-if-not-a-process-of-empowerment-as-we/)

[Louise Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/louise-hart-32397_be-confident_healthy-parenting-is-nothing-if-not-a-pr_2735068.jpg)

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