#parent

Genuine love for a child, it seems to me, must include a desire for his maturity and ultimately his independence. WAtching a personality unfold is perhaps the deepest pleasure of parenthood; wishing, or trying, to retard this growth is one of the deepest sins. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#children #family #parenting #parents #love

And the end of this paradox is that only when the child is thus free can he have the proper attachment to his parents; only when we allow his independence can he then freely offer us love and respect, without conflict and without resentment. It is the hardest lesson to learn that the goal of parenthood is not to reign forever but to abdicate gracefully at the right time. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#family #parenting #love

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do. ↗

— Jane Austen

#husbands #marriage #parents #proposals #marriage

My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy. ↗

— Michael Palin

#love #marriage #parents #love

You ought to be ashamed of yourself, running around, not married, staying out all night. Ashamed!" "Ashamed!" my grandmother echoed. Good to know they still agreed on things after forty-three years of marriage. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#grandparents #marriage

Instead of treating your child like how you were treated. Treat them with the same love and attention you wanted from your parents while growing up. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#bad-parenting #beating #inspirational-quotes #jonathan-anthony-burkett #kids

I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die. ↗

— Bear Grylls

#inspirational #inspirational

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. ↗

— Amy Tan

#both #care #concert #concert pianist #day

Change is a contact sport. ↗

— Romal J. Tune

#education #teenagers-and-parents #teens #youth-motivational-speaker #change

My parents separated when I was younger. ↗

— Tina Turner

#parents #separated #younger