“When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that you do is with them in mind.” MindFirstsChildrenForeverChangedOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Jamie Bell
“I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades, so that they won't take them deadly seriously, and so that if the parent has the strong feeling, "I don't like this advice," the parent won't feel compelled to follow it. . . . So don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsTryingChildrenIdeasFeelingsJobsStrongParentPerfectWorryAdviceChangedOughtOur ChildrenDecadesOne WayYour ChildrenExpertsCompelledStrong FeelingNew ParentsPerfect Job Author:Benjamin Spock
“The minute your child is born, your life is changed forever. I think I've become so aware of how important balance is in life.” ThinkingChildrenImportantLife IsBornForeverMinutesChangedBalanceOur ChildrenYour Children Author:Nia Long
“What has changed for me is that I now have a huge family [Lightfoot has four children, from his first two marriages] - the result of my living.” FirstsChildrenTwoResultsFourChangedHugeOur Children Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“Throughout history, the human species has struggled to some extent. It's part of us, as human beings, to provide better for our children and to try to do all these different things. The expectations have changed drastically, and thank God they have. Women have more rights, and women do have their own power in the world.” WorldTryingHumansChildrenDifferentHuman BeingsRightsChangedExpectationsOur ChildrenSpeciesDifferent ThingsThank GodHuman Species Author:Patricia Arquette
“We warn our children and grandchildren about peer pressure. We want them to say no to the vices of the world: drinking, drugs, and other destructive behaviors. But as we move from childhood to adulthood, we find the peer pressure changes. Daniel 3:2 notes "the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces" were there. I'm sure more than one of them thought they needed to keep their job with all of its benefits. Not much has changed in two-and-a-half millennia.” WorldChildrenMovingChildhoodChangedJudgingDrugBehaviorOur ChildrenDrinkingAdulthoodGrandchildrenPeer PressureChildren And Grandchildren Author:O. S. Hawkins
“Have times really changed? Don't we today, as always, love our children and want them to live righteously? Don't we today, as always, need God's divine protecting care? Don't we today, as always, continue to be at his mercy and in his debt for the very life he has given us?” WantNeedsChildrenCareTodayGivenChangedDivineMercyOur ChildrenDebtNeed GodLove Our Children Author:Thomas S. Monson
“Faith is the framework for living. It gives us the spirit and heart that affects everything we do. If gives us hope each day. Faith gives us purpose to right wrongs, to preserve our families, and to teach our children values. Faith gives us conscience to keep us honest, even when nobody is looking. And, faith can change lives; I know first hand, because faith changed mine.” IfsKnowsGivingFirstsHeartChildrenHandsSpiritPurposeValuesTeachHonestChangedMinesConscienceOur ChildrenPreservesPresidentialOur FamilyLife ChangingEach DayFramework Author:George W. Bush