Parenting Quotes

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We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to… — Plato
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable. — Plato
When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor. — Austin O'Malley
An angry father is most cruel towards himself. — Publilius Syrus
To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child… — Pamela Druckerman
The French aren't perfect, but they have some parenting secrets that really do work. — Pamela Druckerman
Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one. — Glennon Melton
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. — Plato
It isn't the size of the family, it's the interactions of the members inside. — Michele Borba
My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life. — Marion Jones
I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin. — Norma Shearer
My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because… — Roberto Benigni
Parenting is an impossible job at any age. — Harrison Ford
As parenting declines, the need for policing increases. There will always be a shortage of police if there is a shortage of effective parents! Likewise,… — Neal A. Maxwell
Parents must bring light and truth into their homes by one family prayer, one scripture study session, one family home evening, one book read aloud,… — L. Tom Perry
Teaching music to children is the most important thing in life, next to parenting, that a person can do. — Unknown Author
I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children. — Steffi Graf
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. — Beverly Cleary
All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent parents should accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should… — Andrew Solomon
A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be, A father is someone who… — Frank Howard Clark

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