Parenting Quotes

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The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! — Louise Hart
I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic. — Vera Farmiga
The parent who could see his boy as he really is, would shake his head and say: 'Willie is no good; I'll sell him. — Stephen Leacock
We cannot give our children what we don't have. Where we are on our journey of living and loving with our whole hearts is a… — BrenÃ© Brown
Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which… — Amy Chua
I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if… — Amy Chua
The question isn't so much, Are you parenting the right way? as it is: Are you the adult you want your child to grow up… — BrenÃ© Brown
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place… — Emily Oster
I think we've moved to thinking of parenting and pregnancy as something in which you should lose yourself. — Emily Oster
For me, Twitter works best as a way of taking pictures of being stuck in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. If people really want to… — Michael Showalter
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own… — Anne Frank
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. — Benjamin Franklin
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. — Sigmund Freud
The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must… — Erich Fromm
Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. — Erich Fromm
Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult. — David Frost
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. — Robert Fulghum
As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always… — Jim Gaffigan
Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make. — James Gandolfini
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of… — Khalil Gibran

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