When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.
I've found what makes children happy doesn't always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.
Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.
The recent spate of magazines for parents (i.e., mothers) bombard the anxiety-induced mothers of America with reassurances that they can (after a $100,000 raise and a personality transplant) produce b...
Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.
A mother who is really a mother is never free.
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.
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.
Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.
I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.
Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.
My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.
My grandmother was a kind of Scarsdale, New York, society woman, best known in her day as the author of the 1959 book 'Growing Your Own Way: An Informal Guide for Teen-Agers' - this despite being a pe...
We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles the love, not the disappointments the common sense, not the complexities.
Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.
I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don'...
To be in your children's memories tomorrow,You have to be in their lives today.
Courageous parenting does not always involve saying no. Parents also need courage to say yes to the counsel of modern-day prophets. Our Church leaders have counseled us to establish righteous patterns...
In these last days, what the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.
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