Parenting Quotes

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One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid… — Anne Lamott
The degree to which a surviving parent copes is the most important indicator of the child's long-term adaptation. Kids whose surviving parents are unable to… — Hope Edelman
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows… — Bill Cosby
The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidences in themselves… — Benjamin Spock
Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting. — Chris Cleave
In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere… — Alfie Kohn
Learning without thinking is useless, but thinking without learning is very dangerous! — Sukarno
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness. — BrenÃ© Brown
The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions.… — BrenÃ© Brown
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about… — BrenÃ© Brown
One of the reasons we judge each other so harshly in this world of parenting is because... we perceive anyone else who's doing anything differently… — BrenÃ© Brown
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. — Abigail Van Buren
Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we… — Gabriela Mistral
When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. — Joyce Brothers
To nourish children and raise them against odds is in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear… — Marilyn French
By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. — Unknown Author
It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner. — Unknown Author
You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'this is impossible - oh,this is impossible'. And then you just keep going and… — Tina Fey
The mind is like the stomach. It not how much you put into it, but how much it digests. — Albert J. Nock
Whatever you would have your children become, strive to exhibit in your own lives and conversation. — Lydia Sigourney

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