#parenting

The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child raising is not the child, but the parent. ↗

— Frank Pittman

#men

Realizing the emptiness of a "spirituality" -- and of a "spiritual" nurture -- that remains in the clouds need not bring us or our children to a dead end. It is a turning point. Now we can begin to deepen our awareness of the genuine spirituality of life's humblest moments. ↗

— Jean Grasso Fitzpatrick

#parenting #spirituality #inspirational

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies. ↗

— June Allyson

#babies #home #i #just #raise

I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#alive #children #done #figure #get

Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out. ↗

— Matthew Broderick

#baby #changes #come #go #having

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them. ↗

— Anthony Edwards

#children #enough #father #going #having

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment. ↗

— Victoria Moran

#diet #food #nutrition #parenting #beauty

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry. ↗

— Joni Eareckson Tada

#fathers #love #parenting #love

He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed. ↗

— Kristin Hannah

#kids #parenting #home

The controlled freak-out is a beautiful thing. (Ephesians 4:26) ↗

— Jay Payleitner

#parenting #anger