#parenting

My mothering needed a tad more Mother Theresa and a lot less Lizzy Borden. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#patience #relationships #family

Discipling our children is not about teaching them to behave in a way that won’t embarrass us. We’re working toward something much more important than that. We’re actually raising our children with a view toward leading them to trust and to follow Christ. ↗

— Voddie T. Baucham Jr.

#discipleship #parenting #family

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#child #day #end #end of the day #involvement

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from "Dear Abby" instead of going to Mom and Dad. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#advice #commentary #counsel #dad #dear

Clary- "How to Come Out to Your Parents," she read out loud. "LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gay #pamphlet #vampire #parenting

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have. ↗

— Mel Carnahan

#comes #good #keeping #key #kids

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride. ↗

— Ron Taffel

#about #adolescence #during #even #ever

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#father #me #mother #protected #threatened

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