Browse 2320 quotes about Parenting.
“From what Iliza told me about her father, he sounded like the kind of guy who used The Prince as a parenting book. That’s to say he didn’t parent his children so much as he governed them.”
“Self-reflection – based on experiences, principles and goals that we have gathered across our lifetime – allows us to course-correct. This is constantly required as we muddle along, gradually learning better ways for us to parent over time.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“What science and parenting have in common… there is no such thing as ‘best’.
We simply cannot be the best parent. It is not possible. Best cannot even be defined. What others may say is best today will change tomorrow to something quite different.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“It is common for new parents to feel guilty when their babies cry. But remember - it is not the parent's fault. The parent's job is to be responsive to their baby, and to help them feel loved and secure.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Absolute laws of parenting do not exist. Each child is different, in personality, time, age, health and geography. They have different strengths and weaknesses for which we need nuanced responses. There is never one specific word, sentence or response that will always work. There are however, principles of parenting behaviour that we can rely on in most circumstances”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Throughout our parenting life, the greatest battle is not with the child but with our own worries.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Adolescence is a turbulent time of life, and parents are understandably concerned about their children. There is a fine line between wanting to know if your child is in trouble and respecting their privacy.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“If we are struggling at any stage of parenting, think about the atmosphere in the house that we are creating. Is it one of anxiety or anger? Disapproval or judgment?
Show your child warmth, support, tolerance, encouragement and praise. Be fair to them, provide them with security, focus on giving them approval and acceptance for their differences.
Imagine the atmosphere in the house with this abundance of these things. Your child will feel safe, loved and confident, moving into the world a whole and grounded being.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“To help our kids develop self-compassion, we need to retrain the way they see and speak to themselves - their inner voice. To do this, we might need to retrain our own inner voice, to be gentle with ourselves and accept the parenting decisions we have made. By being kind to ourselves, over time, our children will learn and build on their own self-compassion.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“When babies are very young, their behaviours are automatic and reflex driven. Only at 6-14 weeks old do they begin to become aware of the outside world. New babies are simply not aware of us, and we need to adjust our expectations around their behaviour. In other words, we won’t always be able to stop them crying, or make them calm, or get them to feed well.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Just like the startle or the grasp reflex, crying is a reflex. There does not have to be an emotional, or even physical, reason behind the cry.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Despite saying that very young babies are primitive, it remains vital that we touch them, hold them, respond to them. One cannot just leave a baby on its own! Interacting with the baby is essential for them, not just in that moment. The development of the baby's senses requires stimulation. Vision will not develop well in the dark. Hearing will not develop in the absence of speaking and singing to them. It definitely matters to them, they just do not know who is touching and holding them.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Ignorance and curiosity often make toddlers do things that make them seem suicidal.”
“When the walls reverberated with the innocent laughter and joy that children bring to the present moment without the baggage of the past or worries about the future, a great weight lifted from my shoulders.”
Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery
“So I wasn't only afraid of becoming my mother, but a mother.
I was afraid of being the steadfast, stationary anchor who provides a jumping-off place for another young adventurer whose travels I might envy and whose future is still unmoored and unmapped.”
Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin
“Some children’s lives begin before the end of their parents’ childhood.”
“I think that’s the problem. Teenagers think their parents should have it all figured out, but the truth is, adults don’t really know how to navigate life any better than teenagers do.”
Source: Regretting You
“When had her son become a whole person, with a whole life she didn't understand, a job that didn't make sense to her? It was like children woke up one day as people. How did that happen?”
Source: Mother Land
“No wonder we are a little frightened of our children, Beth thought. They are strange visitors from the future, emissaries from a world we will never see.”
Source: The Quiet Boy
“He’d made nothing of his life, so the best he could imagine was to conceive another of himself. A do-over: Jimmy 2.0. As if to give himself a second shot, and doing so would shift the burden to this new him and give the current Jimmy permission to squander what was left of his years.”
Source: The Invention of Sound
“He was the tallest and the strongest of all the children ever born to Doctor and Mrs Noyes and the first of them to survive.”
Source: Not Wanted on the Voyage
“I would say to any adult who stands on the sides yelling at players in a kids' game: grab hold of yourself. Remember the obvious. THESE ARE KIDS. These are little, vulnerable human beings with underdeveloped emotions who are learning about life. Cruelty and aggression will stop them in their tracks, make them insecure, sad. And if you don't have anything supportive to say, shut up.”
Source: One: My Autobiography
“Discipline is a teaching tool that should be learned and exercised throughout adolescence.”
“The basics of being a good parent are the same as for being a good human. Arguably, our humanity is foremost about our capacity to stop and assess our behaviour as an individual, as a mother, as a father, as a friend, as a son or a daughter.”
Source: What Do I Do Now? The basics of parenting babies ... without stress
“Any time you reject your parent, you are allowing the illusion to come between you and your parent.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Any time you yell at your child, you are allowing the illusion to come between you and your child.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“You, my dear, are a child of God. Let you honor the creation that you are, equally to the beauty of a sunset or a newborn baby or a beautiful vista. You are glorious.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The more negative you seem, while expressing your inability to provide what your children need, the more the chances that you would lose their respect and worse, break their spirit.”
“Being older deceives us into thinking that we are experts at being the ages we used to be.”
Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms
“Remember that people who behave in hurtful ways have been programmed sometime in their childhood to be that way.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Parents who are emotionally unavailable, indifferent, uninterested, too busy and/or highly critical set their children up for self-rejection and the need for external validation.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Yeah well what I wanted to say is that it's really the most basic duty for parents to feed their children...”
Source: Pretending Is Lying
“We need teachers to nurture and mentor our children.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“God designed and created you, and then gifted you to the world. You are a beautiful, glorious child of God.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Young children are amazing mentors to experience present moment mindfulness. Follow their exploration and they will reveal the treasures and pleasures of mindfulness.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Of course, the way our parents are with us is due to the poor mentorship they received from their parents.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“When we learn to seek validation from our parents and the outside world, it is easy to fall for the idea that if we just fit in, look good enough for others, or achieve great success, all will be right in the world.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children are precious. When you love them, don't love them as if their love lacks.
Love them as if their love is already
full.
When you teach them, don't teach them as if ignorance defines them. Teach them as if
their soul is already full.”
Source: The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic
“Your children learn what's important, by what you give your attention to.”
Source: Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire
“You may have had a parent that judged you or was highly critical. If so, you may be so familiar with judgment directed at you during your formative years that you automatically judge yourself.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Even if a child knows better, a child should be spoken to with loving respect to assist them to learn.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“When a child believes there is something wrong with them due to criticism, expectations, or judgements, they turn against themselves and experience the ultimate separation.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Most parents thought they were being good parents. They learned from their parents or their grandparents, many of whom were severely traumatized and emotionally disconnected coming out of the devastation of a 1918 influenza pandemic and two world wars.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“If you think it should have been so easy for your parents to have met your needs, then meet your own needs and create the life of your dreams. Do what they could not. Be the change you desired throughout your life.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Most expectations of children are unrealistic and ridiculous. Children are just learning how to ‘be’ in this world. To expect them to know what to do, or to expect them do things in a specific way, is a type of insane cruelty inflicted upon the child. Permit children to make mistakes and to explore life without criticism.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Most people who yell at children, or shame them for making a mistake, would never yell at or shame someone at work for making a mistake.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children deserve respect more, not less than adults, because they innocently make mistakes.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“When parents, family, friends, or teachers behave in hurtful ways it is because they have experienced deep hurt and negative conditioning within them.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The more emotionally available a caregiver, the greater the sense of safety in a child. This leads to a familiarity with healthy relationships.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The birth of a baby is the beginning of a journey of discovery of who this new being is, what they will embody, and how they shall live in relationship with their family, peers, communities, and the environment.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism