Parenting Wisdom Quotes

#1. The essence of successful discipline is not technique; rather, it is self-confidence.

John Rosemond

#2. The author says that one of the difficulties of modern parenting is the uncertainty of what parents are preparing children for. In traditional societies this was clear, as parents prepared children for a society and for roles much like their own. She writes, There is no folk wisdom.

Jennifer Senior

#3. When we aren't curious in conversations we judge, tell, blame and even shame, often without even knowing it, which leads to conflict."
-The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding

Kirsten Siggins

#4. Patience is a virtue, just like parenting. We aren't born as parents, we learn how to be patent through our kids. From those lessons comes the wisdom to be patient!

Martin R. Lemieux

#5. Yes it's true, you wake the child inside of you up because you're a Mom!

Sandra Chami Kassis

#6. I like uncovering the cultural prejudices I didn't even know.

A. J. Jacobs

#7. No occupation in this world is more trying to soul and body than the care of young children. What patience and wisdom, skill and unlimited love it calls for. God gave the work to mothers and furnished them for it, and they cannot shirk it and be guiltless.

Isabella MacDonald Alden

#8. You cannot stop loving your child because you know that he has committed a wrong action. But you certainly stop loving yourself for loving him.

~ Rudransh Kashyap

Kirtida Gautam

#9. When the gardeners are good, the flower will bloom.

Amish Tripathi

#10. And most of the failures in parent-child relationships, from my observation, begin when the child begins to acquire a mind and a will of its own, to make independent decisions and to question the omnipotence or the wisdom of the parent.

Sydney J. Harris

#11. The author says his young son, adopted from South Korea, occasionally burps and says thank you but otherwise is doing all right.

Jim Bouton

#12. Time grants a unique perspective which allows us to see events through a filter of accumulated wisdom.

Christopher Earle

#13. Sometimes our work as caregivers is not for the faint of heart. But, you will never know what you are made of until you step into the fire. Step bravely!

Deborah A. Beasley

#14. Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

C. JoyBell C.

#15. Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#16. I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Umberto Eco

#17. I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on one's shoulders in order to get a clearer view of the valley.

Criss Jami

#18. Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.

George F. Will