Parenting Quotes - Page 21

• Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Two, Age, Mature

  "Jen in single parent debate". www.cosmopolitan.com. Aug 13, 2010.

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• Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Ignorance, Kids

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Nov 08, 2011

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• The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing.

  Jourdan Dunn

  Children, Unconditional Love, Unconditional

  "Jourdan Dunn Opens Up About Son’s Illness, Being A Single Mother". I.D. Magazine, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2011.

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• Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

  Children, Inspire, Forgiving

  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

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• Becoming a father, I think it inevitably changes your perspective of life. I don't get nearly enough sleep. And the simplest things in life are completely satisfying. I find you don't have to do as much, like you don't go on as many outings.

  Hugh Jackman

  Fathers Day, Dad, Sleep

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.

  Bob Hope

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Fathers Day, Dad

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.

  Temple Grandin

  Emotional, White, Differences

  "A Conversation with Temple Grandin". "Talk of the Nation" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. January 20, 2006.

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• Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

  James Gandolfini

  Mother, Father, Moving

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• Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.

  David Frost

  Love, Stay Strong, Children

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

  Jane Fonda

  Children, Teenage, Challenges

  "Community-Based Doulas: A Good Investment in the Future" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.

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• When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.

  Robert Evans

  Attitude, Anxiety, Inspire

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• Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Education, Wisdom

  The Impressions of Theophrastus Such "A Man Surprised at His Own Originality" (1879)

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• Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

  George Eliot

  Mothers Day, Mom, Motherhood

  George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.2970, Delphi Classics

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• In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

  Wes Fesler

  Memories, Togetherness, Moments

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• Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Inspiring, Perseverance, Work

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• When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

  Gracie Allen

  Funny Birthday, Funny Inspirational, Women

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• The children who are appreciated for what they are, even if they are homely, or clumsy, or slow, will grow up with confidence in themselves and happy. They will have a spirit that will make the best of all the capacities that they do have and of all the opportunities that come their way.

  Benjamin Spock

  Growing Up, Children, Opportunity

  "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care". 8th Edition,

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• You are demonstrating to men that they can come back and get their kids. All of those fatherless sons and daddy-less daughters and the men who didn't know how to go back, you are demonstrating to the world that they can.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Daughter, Kids, Son

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• ~Trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we are responsible to anybody but our kids and ourselves.~

  Brooke Shields

  Girl, Kids, Thinking

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• You have many choices. You can choose forgiveness over revenge, joy over despair. You can choose action over apathy..- Stephanie Marston
  Letting your kids see u helping others and not expect anything in return can be contagious

  Kevin Heath

  Revenge, Kids, Helping Others

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• Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen.

  Kevin Heath

  Kids, Needs, Way

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• Let your kids observe you doing random acts of kindness, it can be contagious

  Kevin Heath

  Kindness, Kids, Contagious

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• ~I'm really clear about my priority in life - it's being a mom ... I love doing films, but I wouldn't like to do that more than I'd like to be my daughter's mother.~

  Teri Hatcher

  Mom, Daughter, Mother

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