Rajneesh Quotes

I tried piano, acting, and a bunch of things. My family let me do what I wanted to do; they made sure I had balance in my life because I was self-driven. Listen to your kid, encourage them, and make it fun.

My children are now adults and just kind of guide them while they allow you to have input in their lives without controlling them the way you did when they were toddlers. These are good steps to use for fathers at each step of their children's lives.

I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They crash . . . you add a longer tail . . . you patch and comfort, adjust and teach. You watch them lifted by the wind and assure them that someday they'll fly.

Like any parent, I just want the best for my kids, whatever they decide to do. They will choose what path they want to follow, and we will always be there to encourage them.

There's nothing better than being able to give your children wings so they can soar and fly in the direction they want to go in.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

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

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.

Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land And don’t criticize what you don’t understand Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

I don't know, my parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she was very supportive of. You know, whether it was BMX bike racing or being in the Boy Scouts or surfing or anything else, she always seemed to sort of support it.

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem is to let them give up. On the flip side, there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them.

If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.

. . . if we have children. When they are just born we do everything for them. We are omnipotent, they are completely dependent on us, but then when they grow up you must take back your influence on them, to give them freedom.

Like most parents in the US, they are trying, with a little help from UNICEF, to do the best they can to help their children reach their full potential.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.

There is a real world, beyond the glass, for children who look, for those whose parents encourage them to truly see.

Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.