#parenting

In short, with each of the thousand-and-one problems that present themselves in family life, our choice is between controlling and teaching, between creating an atmosphere of distrust and one of trust, between setting an example of power and helping children to learn responsibility, between quick-fix parenting and the kind that's focused on long-term goals. ↗

— Alfie Kohn

#family

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. ↗

— Doug Larson

#children #few #few things #more #own

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago. ↗

— Joan Lunden

#almost #america #children #demanding #doing

I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don’t you think? ↗

— George Saunders

#life #love #parenthood #parenting #life

I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future. ↗

— Liza Minelli

#absolutely #before #could #dreams #drive

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#artist #changes #focus #go #i

Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness. ↗

— Alan Thicke

#about #actively #each #enough #excite

Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids. ↗

— Clive Owen

#constant #constantly #deal #developing #evaluate

Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#great #happy #healthy #home #i

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#connected #conscientious #grew #grow #grow up