Parenting Quotes
Many
years ago, I started an anthology of good books, commendable authors and
quotable quotes. Today these notes are invaluable for my writing. Here are some
parenting quotes you may enjoy.
“Parenthood turns out to be a very
important period for consolidating identity and for expanding maturity” – Jean
MacFarlane
“Parenthood brings
out the better side of people” – the Foundation for Child Development
“If it was going to
be easy to raise kids, it never would have started with something called
labour” – Scott M Peck
“The amount of richness that children can bring into the lives
of their parents is indescribable” – John Clever
“The most forceful
motivation of active fatherhood has been the voice of feminism” – Robert Coleman
“Good parenting is not done by formula” – Jerome Kagin
“Surrendering to
motherhood means surrendering to interruption” – Erica Jong
“A mother’s interaction with her children – enveloping, secure,
modulated and controlled. More cooing and playing verbal games. Father is
playful, exciting, physical” – Vance Packard
“We had a mother to answer to. We loved her profoundly, and our
driving force was to do what she wanted because we knew how much it meant to
her” – James Cagney
“Fathers who are more available to their children than average,
who are nurturers, accepting and serve as active teachers, tend to have
children who excel in school” – Vance Packard
