At this time I do not have a child of my own, yet I have learned a great deal from my parents and family about what it takes to raise children. These quotes will inspire you, make you laugh, and help you connect to the experience of being a parent.
It can be comforting to know that most of the crazy things a parent goes through are shared experiences. It will also help to make the enjoyable times that much more special. Enjoy this page of parenting quotes.
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories. -John Wilmot
Parents: People who spend half their time wondering how their children will turn out, and the rest of the time when they will turn in. -Eleanor Graham Vance
A person soon learns how little he knows when a child begins to ask questions. -Richard L. Evans
Parenthood, it's not a job. It's an adventure! -unknown
Always kiss your children goodnight- even if they're already asleep. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Children are the proof we've been here... they are the best thing and the most impossible thing. -Allison Pearson
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. -Abigail Van Buren
Children keep us in check. Their laughter prevents our hearts from hardening. Their dreams ensure we never lose our drive to make ours a better world. They are the greatest disciplinarians known to mankind. -Queen Rania of Jordan
If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. -Edgar W. Howe
The first art of being a parent consists in sleeping when the baby isn't looking. -unknown
I'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands. -Judith Jamison
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. -Barbara Kingsolver
More Parenting Quotes
Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents. -Abraham Lincoln
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who tread on their toes. -Chinese Proverb
Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of. -Bruce Lansky
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck- and, of course, courage. -Bill Cosby
Parenthood: The state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage. -Marcelene Cox
Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach. -Arnold Glasow
Praise your children and they will blossom! -unknown
Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough. -E.W. Howe
Taking time and sharing is the essence of teaching. The future of those we cherish, will be a reflection of what we model today. -unknown
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell, the name will carry. -Bill Cosby
The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need, can hit hard. -Sloan Wilson
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around- and why his parents will always wave back. -William D. Tammeus
More Parenting Quotes
You have a lifetime to work, but children are only young once. -Polish Proverb
I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my little child. -Rabindranath Tagore
We can see that the baby is as much an instrument of nourishment for us as we are for him. -Polly Berrien Berends
A baby is born with a need to be loved and never outgrows it. -Frank A. Clark
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. -Bill Cosby
The trouble with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are unemployed. -unknown
Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave. -Samuel Hoffenstein
Babies are such a nice way to start people. -Don Herold
How could something so small create so much of something so disgusting? -Steve Guttenberg in Three Men and a Baby
Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness. -William E. Blatz
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