Quotes about Parenting

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“You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.” ~William D. Tammeus


“Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” ~Elizabeth Stone

“It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.” ~Phyllis Diller

“If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.” ~Bette Davis

“It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.” ~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

“The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” ~Lane Olinghouse

“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.” ~Robert A. Heinlein

“Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.” ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

“Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.” ~Marilyn Penland

“You will always be your child's favorite toy.” ~Vicki Lansky, Trouble-Free Travel with Children, 1991

“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” ~Chinese Proverb

“When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.” ~Erma Bombeck

“Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success”. ~Fran Lebowitz, "Parental Guidance," Social Studies, 1981

And Finally…

/>“Raising Children is like being pecked to death by a chicken.” - Unknown