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“Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”
― Joseph Chilton Pearce, Teaching Children to Love: 80 Games & Fun Activities for Raising Balanced Children in Unbalanced Times

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

“So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don't nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them will not stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it sometimes.”
― Rebecca Eanes, The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting

“If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in.”
― Rebecca Eanes, The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting

“In its highest form, not judging is the ultimate act of forgiveness.”
― John Kuypers, The Non-judgmental Christian: Five Lessons That Will Revolutionize Your Relationships

“When you've had one call after another and your little one is tugging on your shirt, remember what really matters. When the milk is splattered all over the floor and those little eyes are looking at you for your reaction, remember what really matters. It takes 5 minutes to clean up spilled milk; it takes much longer to clean up a broken spirit.”
― Rebecca Eanes, The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting

“In between every action and reaction, there is a space. Usually the space is extremely small because we react so quickly, but take notice of that space and expand it. Be aware in that space that you have a choice to make. You can choose how to respond, and choose wisely, because the next step you take will teach your child how to handle anger and could either strengthen or damage your relationship.”
― Rebecca Eanes, The Newbie's Guide to Positive Parenting

“As parents we're meant to help each other out and build each other up.”
― Galit Breen, Kindness Wins

“Being a bad parent is a sign of not having learned from experience.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mother who understands her own intentions and her daughter’s intentions, who has introspection and a strong sense of self, and who is able to separate her identity from her daughter’s, has the key to achieving the right balance.”
― Susan Shapiro Barash

“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, Successful Foster Care Adoption

“Balance is Impossible; Memories are Better.”
― Marci Fair, TILT - 7 Solutions To Be A Guilt-free Working Mom

“You’re a role model. Act like one.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Soul Food: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

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

“Games where someone wants to touch your body where your swimsuit covers or they ask you to touch their body where their swimsuit covers. Those body parts are private. No one is allowed to touch you there, or ask you to touch them there.”
― Carolyn Byers Ruch, Rise and Shine: A Tool for the Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse

“I had long since wished that they would have been born with a dictionary sized how-to guide in my placenta. It would have been custom printed for each child by God. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. I’d been forced to walk through the minefield of parenthood feeling like I was blindfolded and hopping on one leg. Surely my kids should understand that I was trying to know what I was doing, but the verdict still seemed out at the moment.”
― Anna Aquino

“In dying, she allayed my greatest fear -- of death. Dying joined shoe tying and coat zipping and bed making on the long list of acts Mom demonstrated for her children, so that we could someday do it for ourselves.”
― Steve Rushin, Sting-Ray Afternoons

“Santo had the right to love them both equally, without feeling the pressure of having one parent's dislike of the other to corrupt his view - a point brought home to them both by a stern grandmother, who had found herself flung into the role of referee between them at a time when their mutual hostility had been running at its highest.”
― Michelle Reid, The Italian's Revenge