63 Positive Parenting Quotes On Raising Children And Be A Better Parent

How to be a better parent? There is a Chinese proverb that goes: “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” I remember clearly how I was told I had no future because I spent too much time gaming in front of the computer when I was learning how to code.

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The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it. Just because you do not understand something, it doesn’t mean it is useless and pointless.

Not all children must grow up to be a doctor, engineer, architect and more, they can be a computer engineer even when such courses still exist when they are a child. Support them, don’t belittle them, unless it is against the law or morally wrong. Respect must be earned, not by force. The quality of one’s childhood has an overwhelming effect on the course of adult life. It’s good to be fully aware of this – and plan accordingly.

To be in your children’s memories tomorrow. You have to be in their lives today.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Being a mother is learning about the strengths you didn’t know you had and dealing with fears you didn’t know existed.

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.

There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

The best thing that you can give to your children is time.

Happiness is when you realize your children have turned out to be good people.

Behind every child who believes in himself is a parent who believed in them first.

Your words as a parent have great power. Use them to support and inspire.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won’t forget how you made them feel.

The way they talk to their children becomes their inner voice.

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

Don’t worry that your children never listen to you, worry that they are always watching you.

Your child will follow your example, not your advice.

It is easier to build up a child than it is to repair an adult.

To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. – Robert Julghum

It is easier to build up a child than to repair a broken man. Choose your words wisely. – Frederick Douglass

To be in your children’s memories tomorrow. You have to be in their lives today.

When discipline your child. Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.

Kids don’t need things. Kids need parents who spend time with them.

Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children. – Anthony Douglas Williams

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.

Your children need your presence more than your presents. – Jesse Jackson

Your child will follow your example, not your advice.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example. – Drew Barrymore

There are two things they should give their children: one is roots and the other is wings.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he’s capable of becoming. – Haim Ginott

Children ate great imitators. So give them something great to imitate.

Be who you needed when you were young.

There is no such thing as a perfect parents. So just be a real one. – Sue Atkins

The way they treat their children directly impacts what they believe about themselves. – Ariadne Brilt

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. – Bette Davis

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me. – Jim Valvano

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have for instance. – Franklin P. Adams

Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be. – David Bly

Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your while time trying to correct them. – Bill Ayer

If you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. – Abigail Van Buren

As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won’t forget how you made them feel. – Kevin Heath

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James Baldwin

Presence is more than just being there. – Malcolm Forbes

Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.

One of the greatest gifts you can give your child is the example of kindness.

Discipline is helping a child solve a problem. Punishment is making a child suffer for having a problem. To raise problem solvers, focus on solutions not retribution. – L.R. Knost

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. – D.A. Ballista

An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child. – Joni Mitchell

Spanking is controlling a child through force and fear. There are better ways. Educate yourself. – Dawn Lantero

Our children can be their greatest teachers if they are humble enough to receive their lessons. – Bryan McGill

Each day of their lives they make deposits in the memory bank of their children. – Charles R. Swindoll

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. – Henry Ward Beecher

To train a boy in the way he should go you must go that way yourself. – Billy Sunday

The solution to every parenting problem starts with 9 words: ‘I’m here.’ ‘I hear you.’ and ‘How can I help you?’

When life’s stressful, their kids watch us for cues. When they keep calm amid chaos, they teach their kids they can, too.

The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable. – Lane Olinghouse

We have to coach their kids in right behavior more than they discipline for wrong behavior. – Amber Lia

If you can help a child, you don’t have to spend years repairing an adult.

Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad.

Being A Full Time Stay At Home Father or Mother

Until you become a parent yourself, you will never know how hard it is to take care of a child 24/7, especially a newborn and toddler. For those that are lucky enough to be able to afford a nanny, childcare or with the help of grandparents, please appreciate the help rendered by them, avoid complaining unless you personally took care of your own kid for 1 month for 24/7.

There is a saying, it takes a village to raise a child. This means not only the parents play an influential role in the kid’s life, the environment and culture too as a collective effort. Children are good at mimicking adults, and if you read lots of books, so will they. At the end of the day, there is no 1 size fit all, some children may respond to certain methods while some might not, the key is patience when they throw tantrums or cry.