Parenting Quotes

"Each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late" "When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." "The phrase "working mother" is redundant." "If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them" "You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you" "I'm the father of four children, and I hope that every day they know they come first." "The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only – and that is to support the ultimate career." "Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" "Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth." "Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you" "The mother-child relationship is paradoxical and, in a sense, tragic. It requires the most intense love on the mother's side, yet this very love must help the child grow away from the mother and become fully independent" "You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child." "It is healthier, in any case, to write for the adults one’s children will become than for the children one’s “mature” critics often are." "Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong" "Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you" "I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow down" "My daughter is my biggest achievement." "Mothers are freedom fighters for their kids. They wake up, swaddle, change, entertain, love, feed, and do it all over again" "By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact but I am prouder infinitely prouder to be a father" "Accept the children the way we accept trees with gratitude because they are a blessing."