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The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children.
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.
Your proudest moment is to watch your egg not just function, but to achieve on her own.
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.
We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.
With respect to parenting, biological age is not, for men, the concern it is for women.
Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.
Sharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong.
The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving.
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.
Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults.
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
I'm endlessly fascinated by parenting, marriage, my wife and the ins and outs of marriage.
We will all be far better spouses, parents, and leaders as we take time to grow in prayer.
The other night I ate at a real nice family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.
I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
The persons hardest to convince that they're at the retirement age are children at bedtime.
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard.
My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.
Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.
Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.
Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.
Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.