Gordon Neufeld Quotes

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come.

I'm looking for men who can give me security.

I always knew I took care of more than myself from a young age. People depended on me.

Once you have a small child who depends on you for every little thing, you're responsible for him. It's a huge responsibility. For me, it makes me into a more responsible person.

Youth need guidance, direction, and proper restraint...Parents, too, have a responsibility in this training not to provoke children to wrath. They should be considerate not to irritate by vexatious commands or place unreasonable blame. Whenever possible they should give encouragement rather than remonstrance or reproof.

I constantly looked for motherly protection.

I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children.

There are very few people I would trust to look after my children.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.

I don't have children, but we all want to protect whatever we love in life.

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school.

It's so important to look out for your child and protect them.

It's good to know the guy who's holding onto your wire is someone you trust and you know he's not going to let you fall.

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you.

Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children.

If anything happens, Marcus will save you. Won't you, Marcus? Hale asked, looking up at the man, who nodded. It would be an honor, Miss.

You … You had always made the future feel safe. As long as you were in it too, beside me, I could be okay.

She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms and sleep as a child sleeps, knowing that someone stronger than you is protecting you from all evil and all danger