Quotes by Parenting I suppose that every parent loves his child, but I know, without any suppossing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares Abbott Eliot Kittredge parenting home children Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. Abraham Kaplan parenting humorous children Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. Abraham Lincoln parenting family children It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. Abraham Lincoln parenting father children No blade can puncture the human heart like the well-chosen words of a spiteful son. Abraham Verghese parenting heart son Kindness effects more than severity. Aesop effects parenting kindness Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness. Alan Thicke parenting together inspiring The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests... Albert J. Nock parenting learning inspirational Was it Gorky who had said, "If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered them in vain, indeed you have lived in vain". Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn vain parenting children In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. Alice Walker parenting garden mother Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur. Alvin Toffler parenthood parenting inspire ~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature. It's been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead and to not try to be perfect myself.~ Amanda Peet parenting cuddling motherhood If our children were to grow up truthful they much be taught by those who had a regard for truth; and not just a casual regard, a delicate regard. On this point we were adamant. Amy Carmichael parenting growing-up children No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant. Amy Leslie parenting mom baby Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults. Andy Andrews parenting kids children One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that the old joys can re emerge fresh and new and in a completely different form. Anne Fadiman parenting children thinking 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 needs a break. Anne Lamott parenting kids children Expectations are resentments under construction. Anne Lamott resentment parenting expectations (About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama. Anne Tyler parenting broken drama There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience. Aristotle parenting young people 1234567891011»