Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

parenting

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. 8 views from Quentin Crisp

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press. 4 more quotes from Henry Reed

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. 33 other sayings from Erma Bombeck

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. 4 other quotes from Coretta Scott King

A mother who is really a mother is never free. 53 more thoughts from Honore de Balzac

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. 26 other quotes from Sigmund Freud

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. 46 other quotes from John F. Kennedy

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. 6 thoughts from Benjamin Spock

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all. 6 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Spock

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. 58 more wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting. 2 wisdom & wit from Virginia Satir

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. 19 thoughts from Carl Jung

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. 115 wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore. 14 thoughts from Ogden Nash

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. 21 quotes from Miguel de Cervantes