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Tag: children, parenting

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I’ve done my job.

children, parenting

Blame or credit, does not belong to the child alone. Parents, those who raised the child, must be given equal credit, or blame. That does not change, when the child is one, twenty or ninety years old.

children, parenting

[I]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely to grow into adults who can find these resources within themselves later on. (from the introduction)

children, parenting

Madeline Levine

Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.

children, parenting

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

children, parenting

Marianne Williamson

There’s no single effort more radical in it’s potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

children, parenting

In automobile terms, the child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

children, parenting

We watch them grow, with sadness and amazement and fear. We have stepped away, but not entirely away. They know this. They sense it. We are no longer here, but we are not yet gone. And we will be like that for the rest of their lives.We watch, and they surprise us.We watch, and they surpass us.

children, parenting

If you’re using most of your energy to do stuff for your kids, then you’ll have that much less energy to just be there for them.

children, parenting

Adrianne Simeone

Children make your lives a mess and set your priorities straight.

children, parenting

What makes you think children like childish things? Don’t tell them how to be children. They want to grow up.

children, parenting

Susie Morgenstern

It’s our children who teach us how to be parents.

children, parenting