It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.-Frederick Douglass
If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.-Jackie Kennedy
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.-Robert Fulghum
At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.-Jane D. Hull
Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once they’ve learned the rules.-Anna Quindlen
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. – Billy Graham
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.-Henry Ward Beecher
Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.-Charles R. Swindoll
Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.-Peter Ustinov
I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.-Reese Witherspoon
My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.-Roberto Benigni
Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they’re gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that’s a joy.-Liam Neeson
Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.-Bob Filner
Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.-P. J. O’Rourke
I don’t think children’s inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play. – Beverly Cleary
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
Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.-Taylor Hanson
The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.-Todd Tiahrt
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.-P. J. O’Rourke
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.-Franklin P. Jones
My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.-Gena Lee Nolin
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of the needs of their children. As a consequence of this sacrifice, conscientious parents develop a nobility of character and learn to put into practice the selfless truths taught by the Savior Himself.-James E. Faust
Childhood is a short season.-Helen Hayes
Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.-Laura Schlessinger
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.-Kamisese Mara
I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection. – Sigmund Freud
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you’d be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature.-Ayelet Waldman
Loving a child doesn’t mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.-Nadia Boulanger
Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.-Miriam Makeba
My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do.-Mitt Romney
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.-Garrison Keillor
As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I’ve done my job.-Roseanne Barr
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.-James Dobson
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
A baby is born with a need to be loved – and never outgrows it.-Frank A. Clark
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. – Carl Jung
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.-Quentin Crisp
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.-Ellen Key
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.-Erma Bombeck
The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.-Benjamin Spock
Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.-Martin Mull
Hugs can do great amounts of good – especially for children.-Princess Diana
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.-Tina Turner
When you hold your baby in your arms the first time, and you think of all the things you can say and do to influence him, it’s a tremendous responsibility. What you do with him can influence not only him, but everyone he meets and not for a day or a month or a year but for time and eternity.-Rose Kennedy
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.-Plato
Never raise your hand to your children – it leaves your midsection unprotected. – Robert Orben
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most precious natural resource, and there is absolutely no other way to parent but to put them first.-Dale Archer
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.-Coretta Scott King
To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn’t hurt.-Olivia Newton-John
When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.-Robert Evans
A mother who is really a mother is never free.-Honore de Balzac
We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.-Roy L. Smith
How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child’s board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.-Walter Scott
Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.-Matthew Broderick
Don’t try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.-Russell Baker
There’s really no point in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them. – Anthony Edwards
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.-John F. Kennedy
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.-John Sculley
Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.-Red Skelton