Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. – Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family
There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. – Haim Ginott
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune. – Andrew Carnegie
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them. – Oscar Wilde
There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. – Chinese Proverb
Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. – Red Buttons
Kids spell love T-I-M-E. – John Crudele
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents are the worst. – George Bernard Shaw
Mother Nature is wonderful. Children get too old for piggy-back rides just about the same time they get too heavy for them. – Author Unknown
Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income. – Dave Barry
Having babies is fun, but babies grow up into people. – M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter, “The Price of Tomato Juice”
Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. – Gloria Steinem, New York Times, 26 August 1971
Good, honest, hardheaded character is a function of the home. If the proper seed is sown there and properly nourished for a few years, it will not be easy for that plant to be uprooted. – George A. Dorsey
Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity — a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother. – Rose Kennedy
Now that… my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you! – Forest Houtenschil, c.1980
What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Insanity is hereditary. You can get it from your children. – Sam Levenson
Conspicuously absent from the Ten Commandments is any obligation of parent to child. We must suppose that God felt it unnecessary to command by law what He had ensured by love. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
