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Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality. — Iris Marion Young

Love and poor parenting are acceptable topics for any formal meal I make. — Thomm Quackenbush

The best parenting strives to educate children in how to live
enthusiastically, compassionately, without greed, striving for a better world. — David R. Wommack

If you want kids, choose your girlfriend like your future child has the deciding vote. — Stefan Molyneux

If you work together as a team, the arrangement should be positive and beneficial to all involved. — Kristen J. Duca

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning. — Gena Lee Nolin

Emma, okay, enough with the singing. Mommy's getting a three-pill headache. — Jeff Abbott

A successful father is not more successful than his children. — Raheel Farooq

I just sat all night looking at him, saying, 'Wow, it's incredible.' When Yoko woke up, I told her, 'He's fine,' and we cried. — John Lennon

Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all. — Asa Don Brown

That's the thing about parenting: anxious if you do, anxious if you don't. — Glennon Doyle Melton

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. — Helena Bonham Carter

To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so few ever stand on the summit. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Look Beyond Motherhood and Parenting; Focus on the uniqueness of every Child. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

If a child lives with approval, he learns to live with himself. — Dorothy Nolte

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying? — Lisa Kleypas

Teaching music to children is the most important thing in life, next to parenting, that a person can do. — Jean Ashworth Bartle

Who's crazy: people who trust other people, or people who don't? — Lenore Skenazy

Books like a box of chocolates; each one sweet and unique! — Pamela Tomlin

Make no mistake, every child has his own light, no matter how difficult or defiant or unlikeable he or she might seem. — Nancy Rose

If your child has a weakness, teach them how to turn it into a strength! The only Failure is not trying. — Kevin Heath

Be a full person. Motherhood is a glorious gift, but do not define yourself solely by motherhood. Be a full person. Your child will benefit from that. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.. — John Steinbeck

I am a mother. I see clearly that while I've been teaching them, they have been my reason to learn. — Tsara Shelton

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. — Joyce Meyer

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have. — Mel Carnahan

To enjoy true, vibrant health, increased awareness, effort, and focus are required. — Rand Olson

The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing. — Jourdan Dunn

We seem to need the motivation of pain or discomfort to drive us from our current manner of thinking and being to a higher level of reality. — Rand Olson

Be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness ... — Ann Voskamp

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it. — Marlee Matlin

Carrie is my child, and I love her with every ounce of strength I possess. If love alone could cure our children, they would always be well. — Debbie Reynolds

Throughout history, the most brutal cultures have always been distinguished by maternal-infant separation. — Antonella Gambotto-Burke

Was it Gorky who said: If your children are no better than you are, you have fathered in vain, indeed you have lived in vain. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

When your kids get excited, let them have that feeling and share the excitement with them. Sharing makes it bigger. — Iben Dissing Sandahl

One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. — Aldous Huxley

If a child cannot place implicit confidence in his parent, most assuredly no confidence can be reposed in the child. — John S.C. Abbott

The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough. — Jessica Valenti

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating. — Bob Filner

A father is a man who fails every day. — Michael Chabon

Believe that God is strong enough to save your children, no matter how you fail. — Elyse M. Fitzpatrick

I suppose parenting wouldn't feel so — Jim Gaffigan

Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own. — Kim John Payne

So I entered parenting with only 3 clear goals: to love, to cherish, and to listen. - Melissa Ridge Carter — Hilary Flower

The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home. — Susanna Wesley

My son, Edward, at 4, to a neighbor boy who was being a pain in our backyard: "Oh, don't whine. my mom will throw you right out of here. — Cynthia Jo Mahaffey

The phrase 'Boys will be boys,' reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Men are the Rosie-the-Riveters of parenting: They're brought in only when needed, and considered disposable thereafter. — Warren Farrell

Keeping secrets from your father will only lead to trouble. — S.R. Ford

Balance in impossible; memories are better. (TILT-7 Solutions To Be A Guilt-free Working Mom) — Marci Fair

You truly do have the power to reach your goals. — Beverly K. Bachel

(24/7) once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer. — Jodi Picoult

You are what you eat. — Nancy Ripton

Good parenting give headaches but bad parenting gives heartaches. — Shiv Khera

Do your kids see your kindness or are you always telling them. "NO? — Brenda M. McGraw

Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood. — Lisa Unger

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild. — Steven Spielberg

Education, like neurosis, begins at home. — Milton Sapirstein

PARENTHOOD is journey of being driven to the BRINK of INSANITY and BACK ... Like a YO YO!! — Tanya Masse

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough. — E.W. Howe

Reflection can be painful, but reflection can also be productive. — Charlotte Pearson

If I hear any more loud voices, you will both be auctioned off on eBay. I could use the extra money. — J.R. Rain

Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent. — Kaui Hart Hemmings

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means. — Seanan McGuire

Maybe we should spend less time teaching kids to believe in Santa and more time teaching them to believe in themselves. — Brooke Hampton

The more often you visualize your success and the more details you envision, the more motivated you'll feel. — Beverly K. Bachel

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. — Plato

Parents have a child, and in doing so they bring into the world a monster that kills everything it comes in contact with. — Thomas Bernhard

The one to whom nothing was refused, whose tears were always wiped away by an anxious mother, will not abide being offended.
- De Ira 2.21.6 — Seneca.

Parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences. — Stacy Schiff

When your mom was not in labor yelling at me, she made me laugh so hard. — Jim Gaffigan

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence. — Swami Dhyan Giten

Poor parents tend to follow[ ... ] a strategy of "accomplishment of natural growth". — Malcolm Gladwell

School plays were invented partly to give parents and easy opportunity to demonstrate their priorities. — Calvin Trillin

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do. — Brene Brown

With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before — Jhumpa Lahiri

Children learn best when they like their teacher and they think their teacher likes them. — Gordon Neufeld

Money-it can buy your kids anything, but it cannot teach them love, respect, and the true value of living life without things. — Carew Papritz

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world — Dorothy Nolte

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly. — Miguel De Cervantes

Your typical Six-year-old is a paradoxical little person, and bipolarity is the name of his game. — Louise Bates Ames

Your proudest moment is to watch your egg not just function, but to achieve on her own. — Joan Rivers

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. — Roy L. Smith

My greatest hope is to be a mother who loves Jesus with a deep and abiding affection that joyfully overflows to my children. — Melissa B. Kruger

Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age. — Jennifer Aniston

Everything we say or don't say makes an imprint on our child's heart. — Patty Houser

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. — Abigail Van Buren

Then the dreaded words, Your child has autism. These words echo in their heads like a freight train blasting through their hopes and dreams. — Dr. Linda Barboa

Your children need your presence more than your presents. — Jesse Jackson

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. — Billy Graham

What's a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son. — Ben Stein

Parenting has no guide book; we come to it with what came at us. It's only the conscious mind that can shift the paradigm. — Katey Sagal

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home. — Christie Brinkley

What did I tell you about plastic ties?
Only for humans, Julie murmured.
If you don't listen to me, I can't teach you anything. — Ilona Andrews

part of the parenting process is helping children understand that they are not the center of the universe. — John C. Maxwell

For a woman, a son offers the best chance to know the mysterious male existence. — Carol Klein

I think you should be into whatever your kids care about, and fuel that desire. That's good parenting. — Jeremy Coon

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories. — John Wilmot

Too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless. — Kyra Davis

Oh Man! Maternal love is a bitch. It takes a woman in its grip at the most unexpected moments.

~ Ananya Mehta — Kirtida Gautam