Someday you'll understand. You'll have your own children, and they'll mean more to you than the world. A wife has to defend her children, even against her own husband. Not that I expect you to be easily cowed. But sometimes, despite all you say and do, your husband won't be dissuaded from folly. When that happens, as a mother you have to close ranks. Your first responsibility is to your children. To salvage what you can. Even if they hate you for it.
David WaltonTags: family marriage motherhood parenting
The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck with me is his example. From watching, I chose whether to be or not to be like him.
Richelle E. GoodrichTags: parenting parenthood example father fatherhood richelle father-s-day richelle-goodrich
...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last five percent that keeps the human race from dying out. Four parts blinding terror, one part perfection. It's like mainlining heroin. One taste of life on that edge and you're hooked.
Kimberly McCreightTags: parenting
Instead of celebrating what makes each child unique, most parents push their children to "fit in" so that they don't "stick out." This unwittingly stomps out individuality and encourages conformity, despite these parents' good intentions
Tom RathTags: inspiration parenting
OUr past doesn't define us. It prepares us.
Maralee McKeeTags: manners children etiquette parenting christian-living etiquette-and-attitude
I had a friend whose family had dinner together every day. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. It just seemed so amazing to me.
Moon Unit ZappaTags: manners etiquette parenting parenting-children etiquette-and-attitude dining-table
I will hold my self to a standard of grace which is Christ's gift, not perfection which is Satan's trap.
Maralee McKeeTags: manners grace character parenting perfection etiquette-and-attitude
We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole. In my children's memories, the adventures we've had together in nature will always exist.
Richard LouvWhen faced with first time fatherhood at the age of 49, I didn’t know whether to celebrate with champagne… or hemlock.
Len FilppuTags: parenting fatherhood
Last words of his mother to his father: "Keep eternity before the children.
Dallas WillardTags: parenting discipleship
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