Parent Quotes

On showing up, day after day, for someone else's growing up.

Parenting here is framed less as a title and more as an ongoing action: showing up and staying present, including for foster children who aren't legally your own. A few lines reflect on how a parent's own unfinished history shapes the job. See Child quotes for more on raising kids.


Other entries look at the long, uneven arc of raising someone, not just the milestones. Related: Children and Life quotes.