Quotes are wisdom in a nutshell. Short and sweet, they can range from funny to poignant. No matter what form or style, they are (almost ) always at the end of the day, downright insightful!
So I decided to collect 16 quotes of what I think give the best advice on parenting. Let me know what you think of these bite-sized servings of food for thought!
Children have more need of models than of critics.
~ Carolyn Coats
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
~ Unknown
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
~ Carl G. Jung
My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
~ Clarence Kelland
Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up.
~ James Dobson
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
~ Harry S. Truman
Too often we give our children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. (I particularly like this one!)
~ Roger Lewin
Overprotected kids do not flourish.
~ Sally Satel
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
~ Robert Fulghum
You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion.
~ Garrison Keillor
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings.
~ Hodding Carter
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.
~ David Bly
Children can have no better inheritance than believing parents.
~ Nels F.S. Ferre
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
~ Lady Bird Johnson
A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
~ George Santayana
Example has more followers than reason.
~ Christian Bovee
Which quote is your favorite? Feel free to comment with other quotes on parenting that you love too!
I really like them all but this one I like the most
today
"If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
~ Carl G. Jung"
Margaret from
http://www.BedtimeAndToiletTrainingSolutions.com.au
and Radio show - Children Are Everything
I like below comment most:
Children have more need of models than of critics.
~ Carolyn Coats
Ikram
I liked the second quote the most.
These are excellent quotes..
Thanks for providing us with such great quotes!
There definitely is a theme running all the quotes you have put together here.
Being a role model is what it's all about.
And sometimes...we fall short...and we make mistakes. So that's the time where it's okay to admit when you were wrong and even apologize if necessary...to your kids.
Great quotes!
Rhonda
http://www.kidsawakening.com