Parenting Quote Archive

Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you. — Daniel Raeburn

There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience. — Anatole Broyard

Parenting: the act of doing for another only what that one cannot possibly do for himself or herself.– Bill Purdin

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. — Mark Twain