Parenting Quotes

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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does… — Boyd K. Packer
In terms of you happiness, in terms of the matters that make you proud or sad, nothing-I repeat, nothing-will have so profound an effect on… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Give your children regular, daily doses of Vitamin N. This vital nutrient consists simply of the most character-building two-letter word in the English language No...Unfortunately,… — John Rosemond
The more I go through parenting, the more I say I owe my mother an apology. — Ray Romano
Put Your Spouse First: When the children are grown and move out of the home, who will be left but your spouse? Nurture that relationship… — Miriam
You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting ... You're offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding… — Tara Brach
Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a… — John Rosemond
The very first time I realized what unconditional love meant ; was the very first time I held each one of my children in my… — Nishan
By teaching our children to stay in line we create well-behaved followers. While this may make parenting a bit easier, it has enormous costs later… — Cheryl Richardson
Was it Gorky who said: "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered in vain, indeed you have lived in vain. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough. — Jessica Valenti
The less obvious hurdle is that of preparing parents emotionally and putting forward realistic images of parenthood and motherhood. There also needs to be some… — Jessica Valenti
My parents were neither very poor nor conspicuously honest. — Mark Twain
We, perhaps, have corrupted our children and our grandchildren by heedless affluence, by a lack of manliness, by giving the younger generation more money and… — Taylor Caldwell
(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama. — Anne Tyler
Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good… — Robert Breault
Today's Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge… — Robert Breault
Parenting is a constant struggle between making your kids life better and ruining your own. — Willie Robertson
A boy or girl who knows that love abounds at home will not resent well-deserved punishment. One who is unloved or ignored will hate any… — James Dobson
From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things? — Juvenal

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