Parenting Quotes - page 4

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well. (Elizabeth Berg)
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows. View quote
Emily Oster
Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting. View quote
Chris Cleave
Marriage and parenting are the two strongest vows anyone will ever make. When you see these commitments being carelessly discarded, you can be certain that the ethics of that generation have been abandoned. ... What our society needs is a good dose of biblical ethic from God's people - the kind of ethic that requires us to keep our word no matter what the costs. Situational ethics have so shaped our society that even God's people have lost the concept of absolutes when it comes to keeping our word. View quote
Larry Burkett
Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents. View quote
Joyce Meyer
I have a neuroscience background - that's what my doctorate is in - and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that. View quote
Mayim Bialik
I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so. View quote
Mayim Bialik
Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose. View quote
Mayim Bialik
As satirists have pointed out for millennia, civilized behavior is artificial and ridiculous: it means pretending to be glad to see people you aren't glad to see, praising parties you wished you hadn't gone to, thanking friends for presents you wish you hadn't received. Training kids to feign a passion is the art of parenting. The passions they really have belong only to them. View quote
Adam Gopnik
Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential. View quote
Gordon Neufeld
My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit. (Dawn French)
I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago. View quote
Joan Lunden
No work-family balance will ever fully take hold if the social conditions that might make it possible - men who are willing to share parenting and housework, communities that value work in the home as highly as work on the job, and policymakers and elected officials who are prepared to demand family-friendly reforms - remain out of reach. View quote
Arlie Russell Hochschild
No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right. View quote
Alan Arkin
Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive. View quote
Bruce Feiler
I set out to write an anti-parenting parenting book. View quote
Bruce Feiler
Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do. View quote
Charles J. Shields
Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it. You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work. View quote
Carl Honore
Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached. View quote
Carl Honore
We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids. View quote
Dale Archer
I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. (Debra Winger)
As a rule, I try to steer clear of opinions pertaining to your parenting. I assume you're doing the best you can, and God bless. View quote
Emma McLaughlin
Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions. View quote
Hanna Rosin
Shapeshifter parenting motto-if your kid slits somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear. View quote
Ilona Andrews
Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy. View quote
Jenna Morasca