Quotes about Parenting

In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have to practice what we preach, by striving more to bring our conduct into line with our code of beliefs.

Parents have bought into the world's pastimes chock-full of pop culture, and it is searing the souls of our children. Parents have allowed electronic babysitters to infiltrate their homes and minds; young people's sense of right and wrong is being choked by wild and rank weeds in a moral wasteland.

Many parents preach to their children but do not set good examples. Parents want the children to do as they say, not as they do.

Parenting is the most important responsibility most of us will ever face, and none of us does it perfectly.

No subject is closer to my heart than the family . . . The moral foundation of our country is in danger of crumbling as families break up and parents neglect their responsibilities.

It may shock some parents to learn that we don't own our children. God has given them to us in trust . . . however, God may transfer our children to His home at any time.

I missed the joy of seeing our children grow and change. I thank God for watching over them during those years.

Our lives speak loudly to those around us, especially the children in our home.

One of life's mysteries is why two children growing up in the same home sometimes take radically different paths—one following Christ, the other rebellious and scornful. Yet it happens.

God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.

One of the worst things we can do is allow our children to grow up thinking they don't need to keep any rules. A spoiled child becomes a spoiled adult.

There is always the exceptional child, but the average tells us that the child is largely what the home has made him.