312 quotes found
“Did children want sports cars for parents? No. They wanted Hondas. They wanted to know that the car would start in all seasons.”
“That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost. The word lost comes from the old Norse los meaning the disband...”
“When they're little, and you go for years without a good night's sleep, you wonder if they'll ever make it through to morning without finding some reason to wake you up. But then one day you look a...”
“Praise your children openly, reprove them secretly.”
“I should be an affected women, if I made any pretence of being surprised by my son's inspiring such emotions; but I can't be indifferent to anyone who is so sensible on his merits”
“His son's transformation cannot be stopped, or hastened, or adjusted; the man he will become is already present, like a form emerging from a slab of stone. All that remains is to watch it happen.”
“Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent.”
“The newborn has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breatfeeding satisfies all three.”
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
“That's a parents' job, isn't it? To raise a child strong enough to leave and break our hearts?”
“You can't have that wish, my Little Bear,' said Mother Bear.”
“Everything I had to give went to my children, and though I loved them and my husband utterly, the drudgery of the day-to-day made it seem as if not love but coffee, my Toyota and sheer logistics we...”
“Currently, the average age of exposure to hardcore pornography is 9 years old. None of this can be good for anyone... except the sex industry.”
“Even though you can't control outcomes for your child, you can parent unconditionally with all your heart.”
“God is at work telling a story of restoration and redemption through your family. Never buy into the myth that you need to become the "right" kind of parent before God can use you in your children'...”
“Babbit was an average father. He was affectionate, bullying, opinionated, ignorant, and rather wistful. Like most parents he enjoyed the game of waiting till the victim was clearly wrong, then virt...”
“Our first concern is his happiness of course; but not just today." Because it wasn't that simple, was it? Raising children was the longest of long games.”
“Parenthood is like that...the harder the choice, the less likely any of the options are good ones”
“Congrats, buddy. It's going to be hysterical seeing you try to parent. You're a disaster.""Thanks, asshole," he says, but he's smiling because he sees the humor in my expression."I hope it's a girl...”
“The upbringing based on criticizing the wrong and rejecting it since childhood is considered to be one of the factors that support the ability to choose the right choice based on correct criteria a...”
