Parenting Quotes

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

Russell Baker

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'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.

Taylor Sheridan

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

Miriam Makeba

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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Parenting now is a two-way relationship where you learn from each other.

Juhi Chawla

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Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Nathaniel Branden

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In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

Don Willett

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I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I'm not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don't think anyone needs that.

Jacinda Ardern

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Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

Chris Gardner

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Having children with someone is the real bond.

Francesca Annis

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Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

Clive Owen

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Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it. You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work.

Carl Honore

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The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

Brene Brown

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I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.

Eddie Vedder

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When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

Ariel Gore

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I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

Alison Gopnik

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

Susie Bright

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Nobody ever becomes an expert parent. But I think good parenting is about consistency. It's about being there at big moments, but it's also just the consistency of decision making. And it's routine.

Sebastian Coe

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Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.

Richard Louv

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Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.

Muriel Spark

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Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

Liam Neeson

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Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me.

Kristin Armstrong

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You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.

Jane Kaczmarek

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We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

Henry Ward Beecher

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