Famous quotes about parenting

Parenting is not without challenges. There are so many different styles and parenting strategies you can try but in the end, you own devotion and commitment to your children and to being a good parent will ultimately help you become one. If you feel stressed and overwhelmed from all the trials and hardships that come along with parenting, reading a nice quote about parenting can make you feel better and can give you that inner devotion you need to keep trying and keep moving forward and give parenting your all. These quotes are not only great to help motivate you but to also motivate some of your loved ones that may be dealing with some parenting struggles as well:

"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

"If I had my child to raise all over again,
I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging." - Diane Loomans, from "If I Had My Child To Raise Over Again"

"A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease." - Elizabeth Gaskell

"To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself." - Chinese Proverb

"Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend.  No servants to come between.  These are the boys who are born to the best fortune." - Andrew Carnegie

"The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.  The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent." - Frank Pittman

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. "- Elizabeth Stone

"It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear." -  Terence

"Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him." -  Dr. Henker

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

"Children need guidance and sympathy far more than instruction." - Anne Sullivan

"It's not only children who grow.  Parents do too.  As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours.  I can't tell my children to reach for the sun.  All I can do is reach for it, myself.' -Joyce Maynard

"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. " - Robert Fulghum

"There are two lasting bequests we can give our children.  One is roots.  The other is wings." - Hodding Carter, Jr.

"A parent's love is whole no matter how many times divided. " - Robert Brault

"Don't be discouraged if your children reject your advice. Years later they will offer it to their own offspring." - Anonymous

"He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment brings him up to be a thief." - Jewish Proverb