Parenting quotations

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◆ Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.

- Walt Disney Company99

◆ The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.

- Dorothy Parker99

◆ That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

- Ursula Hegi99

◆ Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

- Robert A. Heinlein99

◆ Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.

- Scott Dikkers99

◆ When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.

- Erma Bombeck99

◆ Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up.

- Ray Romano99

◆ Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.

- John Wilmot99

◆ When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

- Greg Mortenson99

◆ If you are a parent, open doors to unknown directions to the child so he can explore. Don't make him afraid of the unknown,give him support.

- Osho99

◆ No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.

- Plato99

◆ Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.

- Debra Ginsberg99

◆ I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

- Anne Lamott99

◆ Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of them and gradually lose the sort of openness and sense of accomplishment they innately have. When they're treated like that, children start to crawl inside a shell and keep everything inside. It takes a lot of time and effort to get them to open up again. Kids' hearts are malleable, but once they gel it's hard to get them back the way they were.

- Haruki Murakami99

◆ Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..

- John Steinbeck99