127 Your Child Quotes for You to Enjoy

Parenting is not giving your child everything they want. Parenting is not being your child's friend. Parenting is about preparing your child to be a useful and respectful person in society. GloZell

Parenting Giving Society Everything Respectful About Friend Child Person Being Want Your Useful Your Child Preparing

Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the same school. If you want your child to get the best education possible, it is actually more important to get him assigned to a great teacher than to a great school. Bill Gates

Education Teacher Best Great You Achievement School Half Important Research Possible Variation More Only Classrooms Student Between Great Teacher Schools Him Than Child Get Same Want Much Your Your Child Shows Among Assigned Actually

There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you'd be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature. Ayelet Waldman

Luxury is anything that feels special. I mean, it can be a moment, it can be a walk on the beach, it could be a kiss from your child, or it could be a beautiful picture frame, a special fragrance. I think luxury doesn't necessarily have to mean expensive. Aerin Lauder

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent. Bette Davis

You Hated Parent Never Been Child Your Your Child

Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child. You may have to work harder on some of this, but that's the goal. Claire Scovell LaZebnik

Work Love You Celebrate Better Autism Think Way Hiding Weaknesses Would Some His Goal Encourage Child Improve Any Front May Behind Different Your Your Child Harder Strengths

Stop being a critic and be a light; don't be a judge, be a model. I think we are far too critical. I think the best way to correct behavior is to accentuate and affirm positive behavior and to ignore negative behavior. Generally speaking, there is a time to correct, of course; but my biggest advice would be, 'Affirm your child.' Sean Covey

Positive Time Best Judge Light Behavior Negative Advice Think Too Way Correct Critic Critical Would Would-Be Best Way Generally Accentuate Course Affirm Model Child Stop Being Biggest Far Your Ignore Your Child Speaking

You get to relive your childhood when you have a baby and you see these toys and these books you read when you were little - the innocence that you are able to maintain because you have to find that again in order to connect with your child keeps you in a special state of mind. Idina Menzel

You Mind Baby Innocence State Books Find See Able Relive Maintain Toys Read Because Were Child Get Childhood Order Again Little Your Your Child Special Connect Keeps

It's like trying to describe what you feel when you're standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon or remembering your first love or the birth of your child. You have to be there to really know what it's like. Jack Schmitt

The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you. Macklemore

You Amazing Universe Able About Look Amazing Thing Than Child Being Bigger Realize Much Your Your Child Dad Thing

There's love for your parents, your family, your spouse, your partner, your friends, but the nature of the connection you have with your child, there's nothing like it. It has its own character and it's so serious and so powerful, and so it's a prism through which I see everything. Annette Bening

Love Family Nature Character You Parents Partner Own Nothing Everything See Through Powerful Like Spouse Prism Friends Child Which Your Your Child Connection Serious

If you go to prison, your child support adds up. Rand Paul

You Prison Adds Support Go Up Child Child Support Your Your Child

You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out into the real world, I think it's pretty tough out there and other children are cruel. Amy Chua

As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn about good character. You have to be able to see your child with clarity, see the good side and the bad side of them, and work on the bad side and make them better so they fulfill their potential. Joan Cusack

Work Good Character You Better Side Kid Out Bad Clarity See Able About Parent Potential Shape Make Learn How Child Human Want Human Beings Them Fulfill Your Your Child Figure Good Character Who Beings

Whatever you want your child to learn, you have to model that every day. There's no more waiting around. Once you have a child, there's no dress rehearsal anymore. Autumn Reeser

Day You Waiting Every Day Whatever Every Once Dress More Learn Around Model Child Want Anymore Your Your Child Rehearsal

Another parent's different approach raises the possibility that you've made a mistake with your child. We simply can't tolerate that because we fear that any mistake, no matter how minor, could have devastating consequences. So we proclaim the superiority of our own choices. We've lost sight of the fact that people have preferences. Ayelet Waldman

You Mistake People Fear Matter Made Lost Own Consequences Approach Our Sight Possibility Minor Parent Superiority Fact Could Devastating Simply Another Because How Child Any Different Different Approach Proclaim Preferences Choices Your Your Child Tolerate Raises

Watch over your child, as it struggles for breath on the outermost verge of life, or see your wife follow the child to that outermost verge, beside herself for anxiety and sleeplessness, - then love will teach you that life comes first. Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return? Epictetus

You Wife Lost Say Case Never Also Dead Return Returned Child Any Estate Deprived Your Your Child Such A Thing Thing

Dissolution and custody matters are the great equalizers. Having done this for a while, you do realize that everybody has the same issues. It doesn't matter how much money you have or how much power you have, you are always afraid you're never going to see your child. Laura Wasser

Great You Custody Money Matter Power Matters Everybody Dissolution See Having Never Always How How Much How Much Money Issues Child Same Done Going Afraid While Realize Much Your Your Child

Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child. Peter Diamandis

Life Nothing More Than Precious Child Your Your Child

Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books. Walter Dean Myers

Education Home You Son Book Wife Books Percent Share He Takes She Read Around His Child Person Artist Children Place Little Meaningful Fifty Interests Your Your Child Butt Illustrator Dragged Museums

The joy and happiness it gives you or the emotions you go through when you hold your child in your arms for the first time are indescribable! I really thought that there was going be this moment when a ray of light from heaven would come pouring in, background music would start playing with angels singing, but none of that happens! Abhishek Bachchan

Happiness Music Time You Emotions Joy Light Thought First Singing Background Indescribable Would Angels Gives Through Pouring Ray Come Arms First Time None Go Child Going Heaven Hold Happens Really Your Your Child Moment Start Playing

Your Child Quotes

No more your child quotes