Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. Charles R. Swindoll Parenting
The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all. Benjamin Spock Parenting
Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways. Dennis Miller Parenting
Kids are soft these days, period, end of the story in every respect. People coddle them too much. I'm sick of that; it's irresponsible parenting. Taking care of them is one thing, but turning little boys into little girls because you're coddling them so much, kids need to have experiences on their own. Bill Goldberg Parenting
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 Parenting
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. Christy Turlington Parenting
Learning from wolves to interact with pet dogs makes about as much sense as, 'I want to improve my parenting - let's see how the chimps do it!' Ian Dunbar Parenting
Parenting is not just about you and your kid; it's also about whomever you're parenting your child with. So there is a kind of 'awareness' involved for everybody. It's all about the way you interact with your child and participate in your child's life. Anna Getty Parenting
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows. Emily Oster Parenting
The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. Helena Bonham Carter Parenting
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 Parenting
I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it. Stacey D'Erasmo Parenting
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. Fred G. Gosman Parenting
Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me. Kristin Armstrong Parenting
Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do. Charles J. Shields Parenting
Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being. Evan Bayh Parenting