Parenting Quotes

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Every cliche about kids is true they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.

A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom …

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their …

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enligh…