Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.
Everything depends on upbringing.
Be sure to lie to your kids about the benevolent, all-seeing Santa Claus. It will prepare them for an adulthood of believing in God.
It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more than your presents.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.
When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them.
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.
To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as you care for their needs each day and as you deal with the challenges which inevitably come with parenthood. You need more than your own wisdom in rearing them.
The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.
For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change.
There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.
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