Your children need your presence more than your presents.
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.
Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be
A parent's love is whole, no matter how many times divided.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.
If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
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.
If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they've learned.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child's life and it's like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.
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