Parenting Quotes

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

"No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly."

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

"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."

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

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

"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 Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

"Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine."

"There's a managerial sense about it and the idea that parenting is a kind of job. There's a goal and an outcome at the end of the task."

"The courts will become involved with parents to see if the place is cleaned up. Get them parenting skills classes so they can learn to be better parents."

"He'll more than likely have to go to counseling, get parenting classes."

"You need to take the basic, logical steps to protect the computer and also the basic parenting steps of working with your kids and supervising them appropriately."

"But for parenting teens you need a whole new set of tools."

"It's about parenting practices of the past, what they knew at the time they were doing it and what they know today."

"I think what it means is that in all unmarried parenting situations, that they are going to be held to the same standard as if they were married when they want to leave the state with their child. What this in essence does is to add stability to the non-custodial parent's visitation rights."

"If women want to work and are more satisfied, the quality of their parenting is going to be better."

"It takes a village to raise a child"

"My son thinks I'm hilarious, but he's only 1."

"Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child."

"I was told by my mom when I was very young not to drink and to make good decisions so for those who have younger children, I advise them to do that but for those who have children who are my age and have not done that I think they need to check up on their children."