top of page
.png){kind=small}
"Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Parenting quotes
"I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself."
"Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'"Rose chuckled."But usually, they're just in some kind of pain. They need to work it out."
"You guys gotta get a license to drive a Geo, but any doofus with a few good swimmers can be a father."
"The hard and unexpected part is the realization not just that my son is not here but that the boy he was is gone forever. I would give anything to have them both back. But of course that cannot be. Life moves on. Kids grow up and move away, and if you don't know this already, believe me, it happens faster than you can imagine."
"Dads. Do you not realize that your child needs to feel your skin on his? Do you not realize the incredible and powerful bond that skin on skin contact with your daughter will give you? Do you not understand the permanent mental connections that are made when you stroke your son's bare back or rub your daughter's bare tummy while you tell bedtime stories? And if any idiot says anything about that being inappropriate, you're gonna get kicked in the face, first by me, and then by every other good dad out there. Touching your child is your duty as a father."
"Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making."
"Dads. Do your faces light up when you first see your child in the morning or when you come home from work? Do you not understand that a child's entire sense of value can revolve around what they see in your face when you first see them?"
Explore more quotes by Richelle E. Goodrich
"Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving."
"Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care. The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care."
"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."
"The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable."
"World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams."
"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."
"Turn around. you've got grass and dead flowers. My fingers naturally began to comb through my long, black strands, shaking things loose as Sarti carefully removed more stubborn pieces. The flowers had been left over from my forced marriage to Thaddeus. The grass, from a sensual night with Kresh the eve of my honeymoon. Devilish irony."
bottom of page