312 quotes found
“Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd get rid of the guns. Nothing more dangerous to the life of a child than a house full of firearms...”
“The surest way to a child's heart is to spend time with them.”
“You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt, and always rush to their side with Band-Aids, they won't learn about life, and what is true...”
“It's hard to trust your child to find his or her own path, especially when we're told everyday by professionals that children must fit into rigid boxes. We all want to give our kids the best opport...”
“...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terro...”
“It's hard to look at it like that, isn't it? Because if you can be a better parent than the ones you had, you have to face the fact that your parents had that choice too. If you're not fated to be ...”
“She became a frame for the picture that was her son and daughter.”
“Its not an easy time for any parent, this moment when the realization dawns that youve given birth to something that will never see things the way you do, despite the fact that it is your living le...”
“You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow in your arms.”
“When I got to the States and started going to an American high school, which I did for an extremely short time, I thought everyone around me was insane, the way they talked about their parents. I t...”
“I think . . . you should have children, John." At least he's no longer talking about bugs."I'm too young, Dad.""It's the most important thing . . . I've done in . . . my life.”
“Mina wanted some of the kind of love Momma gave to her children, where love was the first and deepest thing, and the questions came later and the answers wouldn't matter much measured up against th...”
“I complained to a friend that although I had completed six years in therapy, my mother still wouldnt let me go. He replied, "Shes not supposed to let you go. Your father is supposed to come and get...”
“I mark my years or parenting by the people who stepped in and forced me to abandon my inclination to meddle, micromanage, and coddle, beginning with my children's father, who sat me down and told m...”
“Parenting is something that happens mostly while youre thinking of something else.”
“Adelaide believes that all children should have enough grown-ups around who love them so that one can tell them to fight, one can tell them not to, and one can tell them not to worry so much.”
“Quality time is not the same as the everydayness of being together. Lets neither glorify nor undervalue.”
“Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them.”
“Unconditional parental love is the indespensible nutrient for the child's healthy emotional growth. The first task is to create space in the child's heart for the certainty that she is precisely th...”
“The key to activating maturation is to take care of the attachment needs of the child. To foster independance we must first invite dependance; to promote individuation we must provide a sense of be...”
