Quotes about Parenting
As a parent you are never, ever dealing just with the words and actions of your children. You are always also dealing with the thing that controls their words and behavior: the heart.
— Paul David Tripp
King Solomon wrote, "Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth" (Psalm 127:3—4, emphasis added).
— Kris Vallotton
Children are like wet cement. What is modeled for them imprints their character. —Max
— Max Lucado
You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.
— Mark Batterson
Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
— Anonymous
I think we would be shocked if we knew how many homes of parents who love to sing of God's grace on Sunday completely forget that grace as they parent their children the rest of the week. But without the intervention of God's grace, your children will not be who they are supposed to be or do what they are supposed to do.
— Paul David Tripp
Parents, if your eyes ever see or your ears ever hear the sin and weakness of your children, it's never an accident, it's never a hassle, it's never an interruption; it's always grace. God loves your children and because he does, he has placed them in a family of faith so that you can be his tool of convicting, forgiving, and transforming grace.
— Paul David Tripp
We saw our natural role as being to affirm, enjoy, and value him. We also conscientiously worked on our motives and cultivated internal sources of security so that our own feelings of worth were not dependent on our children's "acceptable" behavior.
— Stephen Covey
The best way to guide children without coercion is to be ourselves.
— Madeleine L'Engle
As a parent, you are called to carry the loads of your children that are too heavy for them, and you even want to carry the lighter
— Bishop TD Jakes
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
— Mark Cahill
You have the exact qualities God knew your kids would need in a mother. Each day, hold up your willingness and ask God to make you the best version of you that you can possibly be.
— Lysa TerKeurst