L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.

Children require affection. That's very important.

By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away.

A child needs your love most when he deserves it least

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.

Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

If your family loves you, you're fine. What you can't grow up without is love.

We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.

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 think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure. Do not mistake a child for his symptom.

I think what children need is love, security, stability, consistency, and kindness.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

I think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child.

Nobody wants to be a bad parent.

I love each of my kids in unique ways and try to meet their different needs so they can thrive and be their personal best.

And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

You don't take your newborn baby, put that baby on your lap, and say, "Now listen, kid, you were born in sin, you're not worth anything, and you've got to pray for mercy." That's not going to raise a healthy adult. And that's what we do Sunday after Sunday after Sunday.

The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.