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A mother of seventeen children says that having another child is the only way she knows to keep the youngest child from being spoiled.

A newborn baby has only three demands. They are warmth in the arms of its mother, food from her breasts, and security in the knowledge of her presence. Breastfeeding satisfies all three.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind

Don't base your parenting skills on your ability to keep a hat on your child

Fair is not equal or the same, it's what that person needs at that time.

Here's a problem for a P.T.A. discussion: 'Should parents strike back?'

I can't have as many children as I want so I will help as many children as I can.

I'm already rich, someday I may have money.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Kiss your children goodnight, even if they are already asleep.

Never miss a good opportunity to shut-up-a-ya-mouth!

"Nobody were born to be parents, we only become one when we have children"... note:Thus we learn along and commit mistakes with then until we wake up one day and be better. Ask forgiveness too on all your mistakes for children to learn better how to be parents someday.

One of a parent's best jobs is waiting at the bottom of a long slide

One of the fringe benefits of being a parent is looking at the kids after they are asleep.

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

Perfect parents are only in old TV reruns

Raising children is like being pecked to death by a chicken!

The first child is made of glass, the second porcelain, the rest of rubber, steel and granite.

The sweetest age in the world is 15, or whatever your daughter is.

"We can't all leave a prestigious background... to visit our children, but we can leave them a legacy of love.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard, but it's the only way

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.

A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, a home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for.

A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a boy. - Excerpt from an essay originally published in the October 1950 issue of Scouting magazine.

A hundred years from now it won't matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove . . . but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a CHILD.

A loving heart will always know the feelings words can't always show

A loving heart will always know the feelings words can't always show.

A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

a truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty.

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.

Adoption means you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy

All wealth is biological.

Another Child To Hold Words and music by Ray Boltz and Steve Millikan She looks down at her angel Sleeping in his bed She gently kneels beside him And then she bows her head And just like other mothers Who lived so long ago She brings her child to Jesus And give him to the Lord CHORUS: Jesus, here's another child to hold Keep this child safe and warm This world can be so cold Take this child in Your arms And never let him go Jesus, here's another child to hold He watched his only daughter Leaving on a date He doesn't want to worry But now it's getting late Waiting in the darkness He kneels down on the floor And offers up a silent prayer As he listens for the d...

Babies are such a nice way to start people.

Baby in the tummy, it's all up to mommy But once the baby's had, it's bragging rights for Dad

Before you were conceived I wanted you Before you were born I loved you Before you were here an hour I would give my life for you This is the miracle of life. ~ Maureen Hawkins

Being a full time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs...since the payment is pure love.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

Being a parent means never having a minute... yet always making a moment.

Birth is powerful.....let it empower you

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children think not of what is past, nor what is to come, but enjoy the present time, which few of us do.

Children will soon forget your presents. They will always remember your presence though.

Daddy, a daugther's first love.

Diaper backwards spells repaid.

Don’t demand respect as a parent. Demand civility and insist on honesty. Respect is something you must earn – with kids as well as adults.

Esteem a child as your teacher--and you will see humbling reflections of yourself.

Family...it's about time.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: Complete set of Encyclopedia Britannica, 45 volumes. Excellent Condition. $1,000 or best offer. No longer needed, my Teenager knows everything.

Goldfish get big enough only for the bowl you put them in. Bonsai trees twist in miniature. I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us much faster than we outgrow them.

Happy is he that is happy in his children.

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.

Having Children Makes You Understand Why Some Animals Eat Their Young

Hold on to this moment. Moments like this are my reward.

I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle.

I love to give handmade gifts. Which one of my children do you want?

I love to play hide and seek with my kid, but some days my goal is to find a hiding place where he can't find me until after high school.

I pick up the love we both made in my arms

I thought I had forgotten how to hold a baby--but my arms remember.

I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be.

I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born.

If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?

If there must be trouble Let it be in my day That my child May have peace.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.

If you can't be a good example, be a bad warning!

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

If you think my hands are full, you should see my heart!

In their eagerness for their children to acquire skills and to succeed, parents may forget that youngsters need time to think, and privacy in which to do it.

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

It is a wise father that knows his own son.

It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself."

Labor of Love

Less routine is more life.

Life is only worth living if your being loved by a kid.

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body

Making the decision to have a child, it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

My kids are robbing me blind and have made me the get-away-driver.

Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.

never take the time you have with your children for granted.

Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

Parental requirements: Affection without sentiment, authority without cruelty, discipline without aggression, humor without ridicule, sacrifice without obligation, companionship without possessiveness.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood.

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.

raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.

Remember...We are not here to help them grow but to witness them grow....to stand and watch in awe.

Simple moments are sometimes the best moments.

Spend time on your children and never go broke.

Stretch Marks are the badge of a real woman

The first time his laughter unfurled it's wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same.

The greatest legacy we can leave our children is happy memories.

The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world.

The most important thing parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.

The Only Difference Between the Love of a Stepmother and the Love of a Mother is the Pain of Childbirth

The parents of a teenager understand why some animals eat their young!

The quickest way for a parent get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable.

the real menace in dealing with a five-year old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year old.

The sum total of what I am is my children's heritage.

The sweetest flowers in all the world - A baby's hands.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.

There are times when parenthood seems like nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.

There is only one way to lead a child down the right path... that is to go that way yourself.

These are the days we'll remember forever.

They don't know it yet, but we are the LUCKY ones.

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

To Our Children We traveled one full day by air to meet them, but each one of our trips had taken many months to compete. Riding our emotions, fueled by our commitment to each other, our journey had actually started the day Andrea and I were married. Our first glimpse of them was through a small 1 inch by 1 inch photo. More of a mug shot than a picture. It exceeded our expectations and erased any doubts that lay hidden within us. Our tears of joy washing away years of questions: What if we could have? Did we really try everything? What if we would have? Will we ever be able to? Boy are they ever lucky, Why not us? The testing, the waiting, the questions, the wanti...

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS; THEY BECOME WORDS WATCH YOUR WORDS; THEY BECOME ACTIONS WATCH YOUR ACTIONS; THEY BECOME HABITS WATCH YOUR HABITS; THEY BECOME CHARACTER WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY

We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!

we must give our child two things in life - roots and wings

We must love our children generously. There is no other way.

We never know the love of a parent until we become one ourselves.

We never know the Love of our parents for us until we become parents.

we never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents ourselves

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

What a wonderful irony - not only do adults produce children, but children produce adults.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

When two hearts beat together, the third one is conceived.

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

When you teach your children to be responsible...the result pinches a bit when it’s their turn to be parents…... when you become LAST ON THEIR LIST and their family comes first.....yet I'd rather see them know their priorities and succeed in life...like I did.

While we try to teach children all about life our children teach us what life is all about.

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

Wrinkles are hereditary - Parents get them from their children.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

You will always be your child's favorite toy.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you can not visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them but, seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.

“I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the [home]. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. As a [parent] I possess tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or deescalated, and a child humanized or dehumanized.”

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