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The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
Richard Louv
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
Francis Bacon
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~[My daughter is] very artistic, but she's also a perfectionist. I feel a little bad: That's the part I see in her that's like me - and you don't want them to have that at age 5.~
Courteney Cox
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The question isn't so much Are you parenting the right way? as it is: Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?
Brené Brown
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Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen.
Kevin Heath
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Parenting is about preparing children to get along with each other, to get along with you and without you, and that it's impossible to get along without God.
Ann Voskamp
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The saddest things we fail at are fun things we never get to do, so in your busy day be sure to plan fun things too.
Wes Fesler
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I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom.
Bob Hope
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Admitting that it is the profession of our sex to teach, we perceive the mother to be first in point of precedence, in degree of power, in the faculty of teaching, and in the department allotted. For in point of precedence she is next to the Creator, in power over her pupil, limitless and without competitor.
Lydia Sigourney
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Teaching my kids to give back is an essential part of parenting. It's not something that's optional. Compassion is one of the basic values that I want my children to have: that if they see a need, whether it's around the corner or thousands of miles of away, they should feel motivated to do whatever they can to help.
Kate Snow
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
Graham Greene
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Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.
Iyanla Vanzant
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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
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A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. If you're always shoving your child away, they will cling to you for love. If you're always holding them closer, they will cling to you for fear.
Polly Berrien Berends
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The real meditative practice is to open up to the full range of what happens in life. And parenting is a fantastic arena for doing that kind of spiritual training. It's as much a potential door into enlightenment as anything else.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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Well, I just want him to grow up happy. That's the main thing.
John Lennon
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Parents who have been successful in acquiring more often have a difficult time saying no to the demands of overindulged children. Their children run the risk of not learning important values like hard work, delayed gratification, honesty, and compassion.
H. David Burton
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~Wyatt [my adopted son] is definitely all mine. Little souls find their way to you whether they're from your womb or someone else's.~
Sheryl Crow
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In achieving the depersonalization of childbirth and at the same time solving the problem of pain, our society may have lost more than it has gained. We are left with the physical husk the transcending significance has been drained away.
Sheila Kitzinger
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My parents hated me. All I ever heard was, Why can't you be like your cousin Shelia? Why can't you be like your cousin Shelia? Shelia had died at birth.
Joan Rivers
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I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.
Alison Gopnik
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The more I go through parenting, the more I say I owe my mother an apology.
Ray Romano
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Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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~As a working mother high heels don't really fit into my life anymore - but in a totally wonderful way. I would much rather think about my son than myself.~
Sarah Jessica Parker
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