Parenting

Too many people treat parenting like it's the 20th item on their to-do list.

Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.

Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

It's a huge change for your body. You don't even want to look in the mirror after you've had a baby, because your stomach is just hanging there like a Shar-Pei.

No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.

Studies show that children best flourish when one mom and one dad are there to raise them.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

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.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision.

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.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

Having children with someone is the real bond.