Michel de Montaigne Quotes

This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

Do the best you can. And remember that the greatest asset you have in this world is those children who you've brought into the world, and for whose nurture and care you're responsible.

No metaphor reinvents the job of the nurture of children except to muddy or mock.

The greatest responsibility is your children. If my children turned out badly, I'd feel that nothing I had done was worthwhile.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

If we buy a plant of a horticulturist we ask him many questions as to its needs, whether it thrives best in sunshine or in shade, whether it needs much or little water, what degrees of heat or cold; but when we hold in our arms for the first time a being of infinite possibilities, in whose wisdom may rest the destiny of a nation, we take it for granted that the laws governing its life, health, and happiness are intuitively understood, that there is nothing new to be learned in regard to it.

The bearing and the training of a child Is woman's wisdom.

It is a pity that, commonly, more care is had--yea, and that among very wise men--to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense.

Parenting is the most important profession in the world.

To have a baby, raise him and educate him, is something very valuable. But we, as a society, don't see it that way.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.

I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids.

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

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

When you have children, that's your main focus.

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

If you bring a child into the world, you have a responsibility to that child in every sense of the word.

Child care is a family issue—not a government issue.