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“Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope and pray that all you parents in the sound of my voice will train up your children in the way they should go.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking. The appropriate countermeasure then involves increasing the subjective value of the desired act relative to any competing response tendencies he might have, rather than having the model senselessly repeat an already redundant sequence of behavior.”
― Urie Bronfenbrenner, Two Worlds of Childhood: U.S. and U.S.S.R.

“You want to know the secret to raising good kids?â€�
“What’s that? asked Thomas.
“High expectations.�
Thomas laughed. “Alright, well what’s the secret to a happy marriage?�
Clyde smiled back, but his face started to fall, and he chose his words carefully. “â€� Low expectations.”
― Chris Nicolaisen, The Life and Death of the Ericsons

“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”
― Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

“It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born.”
― Robert Drewe, The Shark Net

“She was deemed an unfit mother, in spite of the fact that she goes to the gym every day,' Hal once told me.
. . .Beautiful people are often forgiven for many things--and maybe she's gotten through life that way, but I don't forgive her for anything--and I don't even know what awful things she's done other than showing a lack of parental fitness.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“It was then, for the first time, that Will saw the kind of help Marcus needed. Fiona had given him the idea that Marcus was after a father figure, someone to guide him gently towards male adulthood, but that wasn't it at all: Marcus needed help to be a kid, not an adult.”
― Nick Hornby

“You raise boys to reject everything feminine then get mad when they become men who hate women.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker

“The rules for raising children had gone out with her parents generation of daughters who had lived as Lucy had, in patient silence, acting by standards which had lasted generations, waiting to grow up to make their decisions, following the patterns of their own lives.”
― Susan Richards Shreve, You Are the Love of My Life

“It's wrong and unhealthy to deny a child the world of make-believe.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Watch your children grow, and they will teach you what you’ve taught them.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“If you think it should have been so easy for your parents to have met your needs, then meet your own needs and create the life of your dreams. Do what they could not. Be the change you desired throughout your life.”
― Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism

“Any time you reject your parent, you are allowing the illusion to come between you and your parent.”
― Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism

“Any time you yell at your child, you are allowing the illusion to come between you and your child.”
― Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism

“You, my dear, are a child of God. Let you honor the creation that you are, equally to the beauty of a sunset or a newborn baby or a beautiful vista. You are glorious.”
― Tara Bianca, The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism

“It takes less than a minute to make a baby, but more than a decade to make a being.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“The best kind of parenting is that of exemplarity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“Nothing should be a higher priority than raising your children. Nothing!”
― Frank Sonnenberg, The Path to a Meaningful Life

“Copiii cresc È™i ne cară È™i pe noi cu ei.”
― Adriana C. Grigore, Se îndoaie după vânt

“When raising children, it is not 'making memories' that matters. It is the making of a home. That home is us—the state of our mind and heart. We are what makes the memory of a child. Who we are, who we become as a parent and a person, and how we respond to them and their needs is the most critical element in setting them up for their venture into life. When raising a child, it is time to make ourselves into something as memorable as possible.â€�”
― Donna Goddard, Touched by Love

“What distinguishes the way a caring family or state institution treats a child from the way an investor would, if they’re both primarily concerned with the child’s future success? An investor may want an asset to achieve its full potential, but the investor doesn’t particularly care whether that kid is happy while they do it. A caring parent, on the other hand, balances an interest in a child’s future achievement with the child’s present wellbeing.”
― Malcolm Harris, Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

“Our children is what will be left of us in a generation that we will not be a part of.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Who we were will be boldly illustrated in whatever our children became.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Children are the next generation under construction.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“And if we ourselves have a vocation, if we have not betrayed it, if over the years we have continued to love it, to serve it passionately, we are able to keep all sense of ownership out of our love for our children. But if on the other hand we do not have a vocation, or if we have abandoned it or betrayed it out of cynicism or a fear of life, or because of mistaken parental love, or because of some little virtue that exists within us, then we cling to our children as a shipwrecked mariner clings to a tree trunk.”
― Natalia Ginzburg, The Little Virtues

“If I had a child, I wouldn't teach them a single thing about the culture I was raised in - instead I'll hand over all the cultures I've assimilated throughout my life, so that one day they may grow up to be a whole human being, rather than a puny fragmented ape - so that they may become a large person in a small planet, rather than a small primate in a large world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Raise your sons to be
better humans, before you tell your
daughters
to cover up.”
― Shirani Rajapakse, The Way It Is

“How can we, as parents, raise resilient, self-driven children who are truly prepared for a world that’s rapidly changing, when traditional schooling often prioritizes outdated facts and test scores over essential skills, character, and an entrepreneurial mindset?”
― Dr Jade Blake

“Motherhood is both a beautiful dance and a brutally gut-wrenching exercise in self-
control. As much as we want to jump in and solve every one of our children’s problems, we must
now sit on the sidelines, letting them learn to live without us. And as they begin to learn, we learn
something too. We learn to pray without ceasing. And we learn God has an Act II just for us.
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Raising children to be capable adults is one of the most amazing, agonizing, beautiful,
and painful things we will ever do. We celebrate our children’s independence while mourning
their departure. In fact, if we grieve their going, we most likely did it right.
I had no idea of the surprises God had in store for me, and He has them for you, too.”
― Kate Battistelli, The After Party of the Empty Nest: Mom is Not Your Only Name