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Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay…

— George Will

Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and…

— Guy Claxton

I think, is a cultural thing, too. You know, everyone wants to see the baby. Everybody's bringing gifts for the baby.

— June Diane Raphael

“Those early characterizations (Our parents give us) can become the shimmering self-image we embrace or the limited, stifling perception we rail against for a…

— Kelly Corrigan

A picture excites the love of parenting that comes through meditation on a child.

— John Dickerson

TV commercials make parenting look like there are going to be good days and bad days - like, it'll be this gentle wave, like…

— Dan Savage

Every time you give a parent a sense of success or of empowerment, you're offering it to the baby indirectly. Because every time a…

— T. Berry Brazelton

The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they…

— Frank Zappa

“The recent spate of magazines for "parents" (i.e., mothers) bombard the anxiety-induced mothers of America with reassurances that they can (after a $100,000 raise…

— Susan J. Douglas

An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as roles.

— Marilyn Ferguson

When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of…

— Stephen Covey

It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top…

— Jerry Kramer