Quotes about Parenting

Abraham Lincoln. He once said that the best thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother.

when coaches or parents make consistency their foundation, everyone around them becomes more comfortable and everyone around them has a greater opportunity to grow.

Now parents will say, "We're just trying to make ends meet," and they're telling the truth. But if you think too much about the pursuit of material things, you're going to hurt those youngsters you're working so hard to buy material things for.

Parenting and family life can be a perfect field for mindfulness practice, but it's not for the weak-hearted, the selfish or lazy, or the hopelessly romantic. Parenting is a mirror that forces you to look at yourself. If you can learn from what you observe, you just may have a chance to keep growing yourself.

We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

Of course if you like your kids if you love them from the moment they begin you yourself begin all over again in them and with them.

When I reprimanded my son for hair like Michael Jackson he said: "I don't see the problem you wear yours like Michael Jordan."

Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice.

To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter; sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.

A father doesn't say, 'Don't go that way.' He says, 'come follow me.'

Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.