Parenting Quotes

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Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were… — Jodi Picoult
parenting isn't a noun but a verb--an ongoing process instead of an accomplishment. And that no matter how many years you put into the job,… — Jodi Picoult
One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. — Jane Goodall
I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. — Anne Lamott
Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. — Robert A. Heinlein
The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets here, the dog… — Jodi Picoult
The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all… — Justine Larbalestier
One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
Avoid providing material for the drama that is always stretched tight between parents and children; it uses up much of the childrenâ€™s strength and wastes… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The best way to make children good is to make them happy. — Oscar Wilde
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be… — Randy Pausch
You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment,… — Lisa Gardner
But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't… — Barbara Kingsolver
There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children. — Marianne Williamson
No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us. — Brad Meltzer
I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that.… — Susan Sarandon
The invention of the teenager was a mistake. Once you identify a period of life in which people get to stay out late but don't… — Judith Martin
Shapeshifter parenting mottoâ€”if your kid slit somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear. — Ilona Andrews
The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family. — Mother Teresa
Sadie," he said forlornly, "when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest… — Rick Riordan

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