Elvis Presley Quotes

Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth.

Kids grow up, and they still need you.

Taking care of children was not something I was good at.

Behold your little ones. Pray with them. Pray for them and bless them. The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world. They will run into heavy seas of adversity. They will need all the strength and all the faith you can give them while they are yet near you. While they are young, pray with them that they may come to know that source of strength which shall then always be taught of the Lord' and great shall be the peace of thy children.

We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.

I know something about life and being a father and the worries and the fears of bringing up children.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I've always had a strong love and a sense of care for kids. And the one thing is evident and is so true - the kids are our future.

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.

Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

The real question isn't whether you love your kids or not, but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

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.

The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.

A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.

If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.

Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order to be really happy fulfilled adults.

My wife Judy and I have two kids: Connor, 17, and Meghan, who is 14. My wife and I no longer worry about what we become - we are worried about what our children become.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

You have to see, kid by kid, what their needs are and what kind of parent you need to be for them.