Parenting Quotes

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When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an… — Haim Ginott
Expectations are resentments under construction. — Anne Lamott
We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in... — Jeffrey Eugenides
It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life. — Nicholas Sparks
(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. — Jodi Picoult
A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never be pleased. Otherwise,… — Stephen Colbert
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates… — Henry Cloud
Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next… — Jodi Picoult
The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses. — Richard Louv
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness… — Bertrand Russell
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want… — Walt Disney
Leave your pride, ego, and narcissism somewhere else. Reactions from those parts of you will reinforce your children's most primitive fears. — Henry Cloud
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are… — Umberto Eco
Food is, for me, for everybody, a very sexual thing and I think I realised that quite early on. I still cannot exaggerate how just… — Nigel Slater
In the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world. — Mother Teresa
Most of all the other beautiful things in life come by twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. Plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers,… — Kate Douglas Wiggin
There is a terrible hunger for love. We all experience that in our lives - the pain, the loneliness. We must have the courage to… — Mother Teresa
He would read up on parenting, if he thought it would help, but his errors always seemed too basic for the manuals. "Always tell your… — Nick Hornby
They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another. — Michael Jackson
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the… — Greg Mortenson

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