Bad parent Quote by James Joyce

“Instead of promoting healthy development, they unconsciously undermine it, often with the belief that they are acting in their child’s best interest.”

— Susan Forward

It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as…

— Garrison Keillor

“The best parenting strives to educate their children in HOW TO LIVE LIFE -- competitive, compassionate, void of greed, & striving to make a…

— David R. Wommack

“The best parenting strives to educate children in how to live -- enthusiastically, compassionately, without greed, striving for a better world.”

— David R. Wommack

“Children live in the same world we do.To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive, it's a vanity.We want…

— Lionel Shriver

“nature or nurture' said the professor. 'Whichever way the parents are to blame”

— Francois Lelord

No more children should be born when the parents, though healthy themselves, find that their children are physically or mentally defective.

— Margaret Sanger

“effective parents expect their children to rise to life’s challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that…

— Thomas W. Phelan

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a…

— Matt Haig

“Research on parenting, for example, continually finds the elusive quality of “sensitivity” to be the key in raising children well. Turning”

— Elaine N. Aron

“It is a central paradox of contemporary parenting, in fact: we have an acute, almost biological impulse to provide for our children, to give…

— Paul Tough

I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.

— Oprah Winfrey