Quotes about Parenting

Years later it occurred to me that I was doing the same thing when I was helping my daughter memorize "Paul Revere's Ride." I was teaching her to love sacrifice and goodness and truth and beauty, and I was teaching her the history of America and therefore teaching her to love America.

The Bonhoeffers raised their children to do the right thing, so when they behaved selflessly and bravely, it was difficult to argue.

Our kids are reflections of us. How we interact with others, even in a hostile situation... how we respond and our children see that is how they are going to respond.

I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein.

Sometimes it's nice just to relax and enjoy the kids.

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.

The Lord only knows how many times I let my children go hungry rather than take secretly the bread I liked not to ask for.

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

All children are rebellious. They are all self-centered and think the world revolves around them. That is why they need parents to raise them. Almost every child will, at times, bring reproach on his family, but he is still a part of the family.

A parent's love is whole no matter how many times divided.

I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.