“Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?”
Parenting is the most important job you will never feel qualified for. These quotes cover the chaos, joy, worry, and profound love that come with raising another human being — and the humbling realization that your kids are teaching you as much as you teach them.
“I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.”
“Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?”
“I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.”
“Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.”
“Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.”
“I'm trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.”
“Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.”
“Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting.”
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.”
“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”
“Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.”
“A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so.”
“Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.”