Ability to love Quote by Carolyn Heilbrun

Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing…

— Ellen Galinsky

Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We…

— Andrew Solomon

“Learning who our children are and shaping who they will become is one of the most rewarding and ultimate pleasures of parenting.”

— Joan Ambu

“More than almost anything else, the experience of parenthood exposes the gulf between our experiencing and remembering selves. Our experiencing selves tell researchers that…

— Jennifer Senior

Among the most valuable but least appreciated experiences parenthood can provide are the opportunities it offers for exploring, reliving, and resolving one's own childhood…

— Bruno Bettelheim

There is little reward for being a good parent.

— John Duffy

“We simply must accept that they are loaned to us for a time and then they are released into adulthood. When we believe this,…

— Meg Meeker

“past my own feelings of guilt and insecurity, I feel grateful. These parents—mostly mothers—constitute a large amount of”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.

— Nelson Mandela

The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.

— Maurice Saatchi

Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.

— Jonathan Sacks

“The other trait particularly influenced by upbringing is appreciation. The twin and adoption studies show that “parents have a noticeable effect on how kids…

— Kevin DeYoung