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Parenting Quotes
Most Famous Parenting Quotes of All Time!
Some quotes celebrate simple domestic warmth, comparing a father's presence at the table to the shade of a tree he planted long ago, while others recall a generation whose evenings followed a quieter, more routine pattern. Read more in Care quotes.
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- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
- Hardest Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.
- Boring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.
- Science
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- Nov 07, 2020
The science can tell you that the thousands of pseudo-scientific parenting books out there - not to mention the 'Baby Einstein' DVDs and the flash cards and the brain-boosting toys - won't do a thing to make your baby smarter. That's largely because babies are already as smart as they can be; smarter than we are in some ways.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I adore my family. I don't love their politics. I think they're wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.
- Generation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think parenting these days is definitely different from when a lot of people grew up. As much blame as we give a lot of our kids for what they're not doing... I also try to give them as much credit for dealing with things that we didn't have to deal with. Bullying was one on one and face to face. Now it's all over the Internet.
Other lines are more cautionary, pointing out how every gesture from a parent sends a message about worth, and how unresolved parts of a parent's own past can carry into how they raise their children. See related pages: Shayari and Status.