Parenting

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt ‘safe’ there.
– Robert Cormier –

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.
– Carl Honore –

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
– Brene Brown –

Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.
– Bob Filner –

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.
– Gena Lee Nolin –

Loving a child doesn’t mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
– Nadia Boulanger –

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.
– Benjamin Spock –

The unconditional love for you child, it’s truly amazing.
– Jourdan Dunn –

Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
– Lynn Johnston –

I believe that at least 70 percent of parenting goes to the mother. In our house, I’m the one who knows about all the school stuff, helps with the homework, organizes the play dates, and remembers the birthday parties.
– Cindy Crawford –

I wasn’t very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children’s birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.
– Jill Clayburgh –

Everywhere, people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it. You can apply this to everything from food to parenting to work.
– Carl Honore –

A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
– Billy Graham –

“The meaning of life is to find your gift the purpose of life is to give it away” – Pablo Picasso –

Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. ― Steve Jobs ―

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try. – Zig Ziglar –

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar –

Part of the reason that the government’s fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.
– James Bovard –

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.
– Adam Schiff –

I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, because both of us collect all the dead coffee from everyone’s morning cup, pour it over ice, and drink it. This is a disgusting habit.
– Laurie Colwin –

In your hands or that of any other person, so much power would, no doubt, be dangerous. I am the only man in the world whom it would be safe to trust with it. Remember, I am a prophet!
– Joseph Smith, Jr. –

Most Americans live on a diet that includes processed fare that is neither fresh nor natural.
– Homaro Cantu –

Now I think that going to the gym is the best drug. I go four times a week and it gives me the buzz I need.
– Amy Winehouse –

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
– Arnold Schwarzenegger –