Children Quote by John J. Macionis

“Every child has to raise itself.’ Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction.”

— Anne Frank

“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

“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the child. It’s too painful to us…

— Fredrik Backman

“Our role as parents is to help our kids figure out exactly what they care about enough to get it done while overcoming the…

— Lee David Daniels

“We feel so much pride and joy when our children follow in our footsteps. Let’s make sure our footsteps are worthy enough for them…

— Toye Lawson Brown

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

— David R. Wommack

“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

“Parenting has no guide book; we come to it with what came at us. It's only the conscious mind that can shift the paradigm.”

— Katey Sagal

Every kid is taught and trained to have a mind of their own by their parent. Whatever the choice they made in their journey…

— Kemmy Nola

“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.”

— Amit Kalantri

“When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.”

— Peggy Toney Horton

“It was my wish that our sons should cultivate a habit of bold independence, for I well knew that it might easily be the…

— Jean Rudolph Wyss