William Wordsworth Quotes

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

Any man can be a father; not any man can be a dad.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

What I love most about fatherhood is the opportunity to be a part of the development process of a new life.

There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.

You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious one and a responsible one.

You don't know your child until they get here; you don't know their personality.

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day.

People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long.

A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.

Attitudes about the rearing and education of children vary between two extremes. One, which might be labeled “authoritarian” or “coercive,” rests on an assumption that children are by nature irresponsible and lazy, and will do their schoolwork only if they are penalized for a poor performance. The opposite view might be labeled “progressive” or “democratic.” It rests on the assumption that children who are brought up with love, trust, and clear but kind leadership are eager to grow up and be like their parents, eager to explore, learn, master skills, and take on responsibility; they need guidance but not sternness or punishment.

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely.

Parenting involves two separate activities. You have to change your child in that you need to educate your child and instill moral values in them. But you also need to celebrate your child for who he or she is and make them feel really good.

I think there's different parenting styles.

I get to see my baby's development. I get to change diapers, I get to be a real father, something that I didn't have growing up.