#kids

I watched her with the crab as she ignored all my admonitions that the poor crab just needed to be set free if he was to have any chance of surviving. And God showed up there on that beach to teach me a lesson. Nothing survives when it's being smothered. Life, real life, requires being free to move about in the great big ocean, not being cradled in little hot hands that will stifle independence and creativity. We can't keep our crabs (or our kids) in a bucket and expect them to go far in life. ↗

— Melanie Shankle

#letting-go #motherhood #life

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before. ↗

— Candace Cameron Bure

#before #better #better now #did #even

It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing. ↗

— Candace Cameron Bure

#get #grown #i #just #kids

As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly alone, passing, smiling, holding each other's eyes, floors and walls gone, two people in a universe of space and stars. ↗

— Jerry Spinelli

#kids #love #school #stargirl #love

And if there's bad behaviour," Mma Potokwane went on. "If there's bad behaviour, the quickest way of stopping it is to give more love. That always works, you know. People say we must punish when there is wrongdoing, but if you punish you're only punishing yourself. And what's the point of that? ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#love #punishment #love

Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate. (on the birth of his granddaughter) ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#kids #politics #senate #humor

I love Shark Week, where all kids under 12 swim for free ↗

— Josh Stern

#free #humor #kids #shark-week #swim

Fighting with siblings, especially the little ones, has always, and will always be the same. You fight with your hands tied behind your back. You know that you'll lose. But you still fight back, either you want to annoy them or let them feel the extra satisfaction of beating you after a long fight. No matter which of the two ways you take, it clearly shows that you love them. A lot. ↗

— Nishanth Anchan K.N.

#fight #kids #sibling #siblings #love

I mean, what do people talk about when they're married?" "Their kids, I guess." "Maybe that's all they have in common. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#kids #marriage #married #marriage

She was probably the girl I loved the most of all my girlfriends, but also the toughest one to make things work out with. If I had put that much effort into any of my other relationships, I'd be married with five kids now. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#love #marriage #love