Here’s a medley of parenting quotes to make light of things:
No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting
will sometimes produce bizarre behavior … and I’m
not talking about the kids.
will sometimes produce bizarre behavior … and I’m
not talking about the kids.
~ Bill Cosby
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your
children deal with teenagers of their own.
children deal with teenagers of their own.
~ Doug Larson
Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your
groin unprotected.
groin unprotected.
~ Red Buttons
You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.
~William D. Tammeus
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
~Robert Fulghum
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.
~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.
~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966
Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
~Robert A. Heinlein
The beauty of "spacing" children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones – which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.
~Sydney J. Harris
Smack your child every day. If you don’t know why – he does.
~Joey Adams
Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.
~Bruce Lansky
My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or
have a child. We can’t decide whether to ruin our
carpet or ruin our lives.
have a child. We can’t decide whether to ruin our
carpet or ruin our lives.
~ Rita Rudner
