Quotes on Parenthood

Often the only thing a child can remember about an adult in later years, when he or she is grown, is whether or not that person was kind to him or her.

Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.

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

Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

A life that partakes even a little of friendship, love, irony, humor, parenthood, literature, and music, and the chance to take part in battles for the liberation of others cannot be called 'meaningless'.

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also every single day a kid needs a break.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Children need models rather than critics.

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun.

We are the people our parents warned us about.