Parenthood Quotes

It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

Phyllis Diller

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

Barbara Kingsolver

To nourish children and raise them against the odds is, in any time, any place, more valuable than to fix bolts in cars or design nuclear weapons.

Marilyn French

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.

Hodding Carter, Jr.

The problem with being a parent is that by the time you are experienced, you are usually unemployed.

Unknown

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

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

Praise your children and they will blossom!

Unknown

Parenthood, its not a job. It's an adventure!

Unknown

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

John Wilmot

If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.

Bette Davis

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.