146 Quotes Regarding Parenting


Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
Arnold H. Glasow

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
Doug Larson

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.
Gloria Steinem

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.
Jane D. Hull

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.
Russell Baker

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.
Miriam Makeba

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.
Harry Connick, Jr.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
Garrison Keillor

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.
Anthony Edwards

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
Martin Mull

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.
Todd Tiahrt

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.
Susie Bright

To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
Olivia Newton-John

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes.
Todd Tiahrt

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.
Laura Schlessinger

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
Nadia Boulanger

A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
Frank A. Clark

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
Quentin Crisp

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.
Gena Lee Nolin

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
Robert Orben