Quotes on Great Parenting

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.

What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation