Browse 2320 quotes about Parenting.
“Sometimes what we see as an instance of a toddler crying the toddler sees as it reasoning.”
“You are because of your mother. Rest into the service that your mother expressed to you, no matter how imperfect it may have seemed. Give yourself permission to retrieve and receive her Love. See her in your vision as the one who cared for you, cleaned up after you, fed you, and held you as a baby as much as life allowed her to at that time.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The merry recognition of a new soul emerging and gracing our lives is a profound experience.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The birth of a child is a sacred covenant between the Divine, the child, their parent(s), and humanity. This child does not belong to any one or two people.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Although a baby’s body is made from the shared DNA from its parents, the being that animates that body is a Divine soul gracing that particular family and community to be mentored lovingly until the day they are ready to step into the world on their own.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“I knew those were precious times, Mama. I knew they were going by too fast, everybody knows that. Where I went wrong is, I thought that would protect me, the fact that I knew. Knew and appreciated, felt for a minute, and now… I don’t know, something’s going on with time, it’s not passing the way it used to, and I hate it. Because you know it all comes down to is good-bye.”
Source: Mad Dash
“It’s disappointing when your child doesn’t agree with you, especially when you know you’re right, but it’s also hugely exciting. Discussing that film defined our differences in a way nothing quite had before, and never so easily or naturally. I loved my daughter even more, if that was possible, for who she was, who I could see her becoming. And I like to think she added a little bit of ballast to her already crowded cargo hold of tolerant affection for Mom.”
Source: Mad Dash
“new baby is a holy being entrusted to the world.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Each child is a blessing to the world, and humanity is responsible for that child.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“One of the most powerful and sacred relationships an individual has is with their mother, even if it is marred by emotional conflicts, disfunction, or abandonment. Mothers do the best they can with the resources they have to provide a nurturing environment for their babies.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Remember, the illusion of life intrudes to distract and disconnect families; forgive the illusion. Forgive the missteps of your mother and father.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Most parents did the best they could with the programming and suffering they embodied. Remember them in Love.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“We need parents to care deeply for babies and young children throughout the day, not just for a hectic hour or two in the morning or at night, as those children are our future leaders and caretakers.”
“What we experience as children becomes familiar and we are more likely to replicate experiences and attract people who carry similar patterns as our primary care givers.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“If you have children or a spouse, you need to connect with them one-on-one every day.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“To end the cycle of generational loneliness, new parents need to make connecting familiar and to set boundaries around technology for all family members.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“I see the future of psychology orienting around teaching individuals, couples, and families how to be present and connect with each other in nourishing ways.”
“For children the openness to friendship is natural. Children always have time for friends. It is not even a choice for most kids, it is an intrinsic delight.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children love creating, cultivating, exploring and celebrating friendship.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“To nurture your connections, hug your family members daily, have conversations, and share loving, supportive and positive things about each other.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Sharing a meal as a family without electronic devices, doing a group activity such as a walk or a weekly excursion is paramount to establish connection.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“In attachment theory studies, researchers have observed that children are highly susceptible to both the emotional states and actions of their caregivers, and that interpersonal patterns between children and their caregivers can last a lifetime.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“You can either strengthen a child in love and connection or you can plant seeds of self-doubt, self-rejection, and disconnection. The choice is yours.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“We are witnessing a time where children are rising up in their power as voices for inspirational change.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“I don’t think anyone in any age is ever ready to become a parent.”
“Children are mentoring their parents and older generations to actively begin to make major changes, in evidence of glaring environmental and social issues that previous generations have taken too long to address. They feel the urgency for change because they know the long-term consequences that affect their future. Be curious and listen to their passionate messages and educated calls-to-action. Let yourself be inspired to contribute to change as best you can.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be different from what you hoped, because sometimes life just does its thing. What matters is that you try. And always trust your instincts above all else, because you will be guided by your love for your child.”
Source: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
“If you find yourself reacting or experiencing anger or frustration with a child, then use it as a gateway to shine light and love upon the lies you were taught by your parents and ultimately by your ancestors. Take responsibility and make amends with that child by apologizing as soon as possible. Explain that your anger was not their fault, that every person is responsible for their own emotions, and that your anger was your responsibility.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“It is wonderful to be physically present in the same space as a child.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“My story with education is that I was mistaken. I used to say and believe for a long period that a single mother could take over the role of both the father and the mother when raising her children but the father. Today, I believe it does not matter which parent is taking over when raising the children. What matters is who is qualified for such a long-loving life commitment. Who can understand the needs of a young girl or an infant boy? Who is willing to continue to learn along the way about those needs of social, psychological, physiological, emotional, behavioral, survival, and materialistic thing? In other words, who is capable of understanding the children's language at each specific age group because they have their language which is different than ours and only those who speak it will succeed to raise them.”
Source: The Herok
“If you get angry with yourself when you make mistakes with children or anyone, then ask yourself, “Why did I react like that? What made me feel that way? What is the lie that I am believing about myself or them?”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Let your interactions with children be intentionally and purposefully loving, fun, and accepting.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“In his youth Jim had dreams of becoming a writer. In fact he was still dreaming about that until long into Jack’s childhood. Then he started to dream that Jack might become a writer instead. That’s an impossible thing for sons to grasp, and a source of shame for fathers to have to admit: that we don’t want our children to pursue their own dreams or walk in our footsteps. We want to walk in their footsteps while they pursue our dreams.”
Source: Anxious People
“If a parent behaves in a negative way around their child, then, guess what, their child is going to grow up with a negative mindset.
This means that as parents we carry a huge responsibility on our shoulders. And yet how many of us can really say we’re leading by example? I worry that we’re becoming a nation of lazy parents. We’re so concerned with ourselves, we’re so narcissistic, that we forget that if we start acting like kids, our kids will start acting like babies. There’s a knock-on effect.
Adults, increasingly, are acting like teenagers. Teenagers, more and more, are acting like children. Children are regressing into babies. There are adults who can barely look after themselves. They play the victim all the time and think only of me, me, me. Their kids don’t stand a fucking chance. No wonder there’s a whole generation of children who stick their heads in their laptops or tablets and never come out.
We’re supposed to be taking steps forward in life, not tumbling back!”
Source: Zero Negativity: The Power of Positive Thinking
“How you are with children has a lot to do with how you were directly mentored by the adults in your life when you were a child.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Soon after a baby is born, illusion comes in and begins teaching them lies, such as “you are not important,” “you are not enough,” “you are not worthy,” or “there’s no time for you.” Guess who teaches children these lies? Mostly their parents transmit deep unconscious lies that they learned from their parents, school, and society.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“You can feel Love when your child reaches for your hand.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“You can hear Love when a child laughs or experience Love when they openly invite you to share what they are discovering.”
“The Divine beckons you through children. Children are the great inviters into play and joy. Listen and watch for their invitation. They are also witnesses to the revelation of creation and invite whomever is there to participate and to share in the glory of joy and creation.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“If you find it challenging, uncomfortable, or repulsive to be around children, it might be that as a child you felt unworthy of spending time with an adult, or you learned that children were to not be seen or heard among adults, or someone made you believe that as a child you were unacceptable.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“You do not need to have a child to benefit from the Divine beauty of children. Spending quality time with children of friends or family is a great way to access the gift that children offer.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children need your attention above all else. The quality of your attention is the single most important gift you can give a child.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“The practice and path of connecting with a child is a gift to you, the child and the world”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Connecting with a child is an incredible opportunity and gift for both you and the child. See through their eyes and invite them to teach you. They will feel delighted and inspired to assist you.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Children are closer to God than you know. They are born as the embodiment of radiant Divine Love. When you hold a baby, it is so apparent. They evoke tenderness, love, and openness. That is God loving you through that baby! Such a blessing!”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Almost every child is born expecting love and connection to be available.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“More importantly, a child needs you to be energetically present with them, to play with them, to listen to them and to show them you care. Look them in the eyes and say, “You are so important to me.” Then with your actions demonstrate your reverence for them by spending time interacting with them and mentoring them. Even if they do something ‘wrong’ be gentle. They are just learning how to be in this world. If they ‘act out,’ it is always a call for love. If they make a ‘mistake,’ it is always a call for love. Teach them how to make better choices by mentoring them lovingly.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“Where did they come from, her children? And how did they arrive already themselves, and unlike anyone else?”
Source: A Place for Us
“If a parent is consistently emotionally unavailable when the child attempts to share what they are learning or invites their parent to spend time playing, the child can feel deeply unworthy of love and attention.”
“If you took on any lies about yourself when you were young, I wish a parent or a mentor had explained to you that other people's behavior had nothing to do with you.”