“You can do anything with children if you only play with them.” -Otto von Bismarck (Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1815 - 1898))
“When you put faith, hope, and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” -Haim Ginott (Doctor)
“Parents, don’t lose sight of your child at the beach. Always fasten a brightly colored helium balloon on a long string to your child’s belt so that you can see, just by looking up in the sky, wherever he or she goes, without worry.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Parents can tell
But never teach,
Unless they practice
What they preach.
-Arnold H. Glasow
“The best thing to spend on your children is your time.” -Louise Hart
“If you haven’t time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“Be the person you needed when you were younger.” -Ayesha Siddiqi
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” -Abigail Van Buren (pseudonym of Pauline Esther ‘Popo’ Phillips (1918 - 2013))
“The important thing is that children should grow up with parents who believe that there are some ways of life which for us today are better than others and that these ways are worth defending with every ounce of our strength.” -Anna W. M. Wolf
“Children are great imitators. Give them something great to imitate.” -Author Unknown
“He who teaches his child to be thrifty and economical has already bequeathed him a fortune.” -Garth Henrichs
“In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.” -Christian Nestell Bovee (1820 - 1904): “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought” (2 volumes, 1862)
“If you want to do something positive for your children, try to improve your marriage.” -Author Unknown
“One of the most important things we adults can do for young children is to model the kind of person we would like them to be.” -Carol B. Hillman
“Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make [them] happy, not gold.” -Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - May 1915))
“Children learn best from example; the trouble is they don’t know a good example from a bad one.” -Author Unknown
“Sometimes in our attempt to give children what we did not have, we forget to give our children what we did have.” -Connie Podesta
“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes from society.” -Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 135
“Those who do too much for their children, will soon discover they can do nothing with their children.” -Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell (1926 - 2004))
“Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children.” -A. D. Williams (Anthony Douglas Williams)
“A child does not need to be parented. He needs to be mothered and fathered.” -Zan Thompson
“There is no such reward for a well-spent life as to see one’s children well started in life, owing to their parents’ good health, good principles, fixed character, good breeding, and in general the whole outfit, that enables them to fight the battle of life with success.” -William Graham Sumner (1840 - 1910)
“Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your household.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 464
“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.” -Author Unknown
“There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.” -Anatole Broyard
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 22, verse 6
“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.” -Lydia Sigourney
“Train your child in the way you now know you should have gone yourself.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
“When you put faith, hope, and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.” -Zig Ziglar
“If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.” -Haim Ginott (Doctor)
“Parents, don’t lose sight of your child at the beach. Always fasten a brightly colored helium balloon on a long string to your child’s belt so that you can see, just by looking up in the sky, wherever he or she goes, without worry.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Parents can tell
But never teach,
Unless they practice
What they preach.
-Arnold H. Glasow
“The best thing to spend on your children is your time.” -Louise Hart
“If you haven’t time to help youngsters find the right way in life, somebody with more time will help them find the wrong way.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“Be the person you needed when you were younger.” -Ayesha Siddiqi
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” -Abigail Van Buren (pseudonym of Pauline Esther ‘Popo’ Phillips (1918 - 2013))
“The important thing is that children should grow up with parents who believe that there are some ways of life which for us today are better than others and that these ways are worth defending with every ounce of our strength.” -Anna W. M. Wolf
“Children are great imitators. Give them something great to imitate.” -Author Unknown
“He who teaches his child to be thrifty and economical has already bequeathed him a fortune.” -Garth Henrichs
“In praising or loving a child, we love and praise not that which is, but that which we hope for.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
“Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.” -Christian Nestell Bovee (1820 - 1904): “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought” (2 volumes, 1862)
“If you want to do something positive for your children, try to improve your marriage.” -Author Unknown
“One of the most important things we adults can do for young children is to model the kind of person we would like them to be.” -Carol B. Hillman
“Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make [them] happy, not gold.” -Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - May 1915))
“Children learn best from example; the trouble is they don’t know a good example from a bad one.” -Author Unknown
“Sometimes in our attempt to give children what we did not have, we forget to give our children what we did have.” -Connie Podesta
“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes from society.” -Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 135
“Those who do too much for their children, will soon discover they can do nothing with their children.” -Neal A. Maxwell (Neal Ash Maxwell (1926 - 2004))
“Spending time with children is more important than spending money on children.” -A. D. Williams (Anthony Douglas Williams)
“A child does not need to be parented. He needs to be mothered and fathered.” -Zan Thompson
“There is no such reward for a well-spent life as to see one’s children well started in life, owing to their parents’ good health, good principles, fixed character, good breeding, and in general the whole outfit, that enables them to fight the battle of life with success.” -William Graham Sumner (1840 - 1910)
“Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family; a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms. It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions, and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty. Such a book is a casket of jewels for your household.” -Tryon Edwards (1809 - 1894): as quoted in Tryon Edwards, editor: “A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern” (1891), page 464
“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.” -Author Unknown
“There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.” -Anatole Broyard
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Proverbs,’ chapter 22, verse 6
“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.” -Lydia Sigourney
“Train your child in the way you now know you should have gone yourself.” -Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
“The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children, the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing is best after all.” -Benjamin Spock (Benjamin McLane Spock (1903 - 1998))
“If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.” -Dorothy Law Nolte (1924 - 2005): “Children Learn What They Live: Parenting to Inspire Values” (1998), page vi
“To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.” -Barbara Johnson (1927 - 2007)
“The way to raise children is to make television watching and internet use a family affair, with the adults deciding what will be viewed, and limiting the time to thirty minutes to one hour a day, for young minds that are still growing, learning, and developing, and for the good of impressionable grownup minds as well. Children rarely need televisions in their bedrooms; place televisions in common areas such as living rooms or family rooms - and much the same can be said of computers and telephones. This leaves plenty of time for other activities, including reading, studying, playing board games, hobbies, ball games, nature walks, chores, talking face-to-face, planning family outings and gatherings such as carnival visits and birthday parties and holiday meals . . .” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Remember, your basic assignment as a parent is to work yourself out of a job.” -Paul Lewis
“I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!” -David Vitter
“We have been so anxious to give our children what we didn’t have that we have neglected to give them what we did have.” -Author Unknown
“We owe our children a set of good habits; for habit is to be their best friend or their worst enemy, not only during childhood, but through all the years. We shall therefore need to repeat every now and then nature’s irrevocable law: that back of every habit lies a series of acts; that ahead of every act lies a habit; that habit is nine-tenths of conduct; that conduct is but character in the making; and that character ends in destiny.” -George Herbert Betts
“Just as plants soak up water, your children need your loving words, and with them they will thrive.” -Judy Ford
“I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best I could bring to it.” -Rose Kennedy (1890 - 1995): as quoted in Power Dynamics Publishing: “Words of Women: Quotations for Success” (1997)
“The best inheritance a parent can give their children is a good example.” -Author Unknown
“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” -Billy Graham (William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior (born 1918))
“If you talk to your children, you can help them to keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“They spare the rod, and spoil the child.” -Ralph Venning (1621 - 1673): “Mysteries and Revelations” (1649), page 5, as quoted in William S. Walsh: “Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities” (1892)
“Discipline your children today so a prison guard won’t have to do it later!” -Author Unknown
“A switch in time saves crime.” -Roy B. Newell
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” -Author Unknown: Rabbinical saying
To avoid emotional arguments with children over their perfectly normal childish wants and what you as a parent believe is best for them, think through every parental decision you make, and have available for them two parent-approved choices, allowing them to decide which one to do, which will give them a sense of getting what they want. So, instead of telling children that it is raining outside and they must stay indoors and not make noise or bother anyone, ask them if they would rather spend thirty minutes cleaning their rooms and then help make cookies, or write thank you notes to their grandparents for their last visit and then make kites to hang on their bedroom walls or to fly outside on a breezy day when it is not raining. Having two things to decide between, each of which is work followed by reward, is more magical in the mind of a child than having one thing they are told they have no choice about and are told they must do because a parent says so. You can still do the, “because I said so,” routine, but at another time.
“To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.” -Author Unknown
“We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“There is just one way to bring up a child in the way he should go and that is to travel that way yourself.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“The best time to give advice to your children is while they’re still young enough to believe you know what you’re talking about.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
“If you are a happy parent, you give your son or daughter an invaluable legacy. It doesn’t matter too much whether you are rich or poor; if the choice is between happy poor and unhappy rich, the children of a laughing pauper are the ones to envy. For they will grow up with the expectation that life is good, that the world is a sunny and friendly place, that other people are as human and decent as they are, that it is fun to be alive. And with that attitude, they can accomplish almost anything.” -Guy Wright
“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.” -P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James (1920 - 2014))
“Anyone with the brains of a bunny can raise a happy, healthy, successful child by following a few simple rules.” -Author Unknown: “The Old Farmer’s Almanac”
“Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can involve him in distress, and he will just as likely think of rushing into the element in which he cannot breathe, as of lying or cheating or stealing.” -Henry Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux)
“The Golden Rule of Parenting is: Do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!” -Louise Hart
“Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.” -Matthew L. Jacobson
“So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don’t nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our kids to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them won’t stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it.” -Rebecca Eanes: “The Newbies Guide to Positive Parenting” (22 January 2015); book available at https://www.rebeccaeanes.com/
“It is not what you do for your children, but you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline Friedman (1918 - 2002))
“Parenthood is the art of bringing your children up without putting them down.” -Author Unknown
“To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778): “Emile; or, Treatise on Education” (1762)
“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.” -Sue Atkins
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie 'Anne' Frank (1929 - 1945)): “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
“Children have more need of models than of critics.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
“Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” -Author Unknown
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“It is critical to maintain boundaries between adult problems and children. Please protect your children’s innocence and allow them to remain children. They must not be burdened by adult problems. Kids don’t have the coping skills or the intellectual ability to understand money worries, adult relationship issues, or their parents’ unhappiness.” -Author Unknown
“Watch me, learn from me, and learn from my mistakes.” -Judy Garland (Frances Gumm (1922 - 1969)): advice she gave to her daughter Liza Minnelli
“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” -Author Unknown: “The Talmud”
“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” -Bruce Barton (1886 - 1967)
“Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.” -David Bly
This is MFOL! . . . the website perfectly suited for someone of your age and maturity level . . . no matter what it is . . . funny how that works out . . . for everyone!
“If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.” -Dorothy Law Nolte (1924 - 2005): “Children Learn What They Live: Parenting to Inspire Values” (1998), page vi
“To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.” -Barbara Johnson (1927 - 2007)
“The way to raise children is to make television watching and internet use a family affair, with the adults deciding what will be viewed, and limiting the time to thirty minutes to one hour a day, for young minds that are still growing, learning, and developing, and for the good of impressionable grownup minds as well. Children rarely need televisions in their bedrooms; place televisions in common areas such as living rooms or family rooms - and much the same can be said of computers and telephones. This leaves plenty of time for other activities, including reading, studying, playing board games, hobbies, ball games, nature walks, chores, talking face-to-face, planning family outings and gatherings such as carnival visits and birthday parties and holiday meals . . .” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Remember, your basic assignment as a parent is to work yourself out of a job.” -Paul Lewis
“I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!” -David Vitter
“We have been so anxious to give our children what we didn’t have that we have neglected to give them what we did have.” -Author Unknown
“We owe our children a set of good habits; for habit is to be their best friend or their worst enemy, not only during childhood, but through all the years. We shall therefore need to repeat every now and then nature’s irrevocable law: that back of every habit lies a series of acts; that ahead of every act lies a habit; that habit is nine-tenths of conduct; that conduct is but character in the making; and that character ends in destiny.” -George Herbert Betts
“Just as plants soak up water, your children need your loving words, and with them they will thrive.” -Judy Ford
“I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best I could bring to it.” -Rose Kennedy (1890 - 1995): as quoted in Power Dynamics Publishing: “Words of Women: Quotations for Success” (1997)
“The best inheritance a parent can give their children is a good example.” -Author Unknown
“A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.” -Billy Graham (William Franklin ‘Billy’ Graham, Junior (born 1918))
“If you talk to your children, you can help them to keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“They spare the rod, and spoil the child.” -Ralph Venning (1621 - 1673): “Mysteries and Revelations” (1649), page 5, as quoted in William S. Walsh: “Handy-Book of Literary Curiosities” (1892)
“Discipline your children today so a prison guard won’t have to do it later!” -Author Unknown
“A switch in time saves crime.” -Roy B. Newell
“Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” -Author Unknown: Rabbinical saying
To avoid emotional arguments with children over their perfectly normal childish wants and what you as a parent believe is best for them, think through every parental decision you make, and have available for them two parent-approved choices, allowing them to decide which one to do, which will give them a sense of getting what they want. So, instead of telling children that it is raining outside and they must stay indoors and not make noise or bother anyone, ask them if they would rather spend thirty minutes cleaning their rooms and then help make cookies, or write thank you notes to their grandparents for their last visit and then make kites to hang on their bedroom walls or to fly outside on a breezy day when it is not raining. Having two things to decide between, each of which is work followed by reward, is more magical in the mind of a child than having one thing they are told they have no choice about and are told they must do because a parent says so. You can still do the, “because I said so,” routine, but at another time.
“To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.” -Author Unknown
“We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
“There is just one way to bring up a child in the way he should go and that is to travel that way yourself.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
“The best time to give advice to your children is while they’re still young enough to believe you know what you’re talking about.” -Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)
“If you are a happy parent, you give your son or daughter an invaluable legacy. It doesn’t matter too much whether you are rich or poor; if the choice is between happy poor and unhappy rich, the children of a laughing pauper are the ones to envy. For they will grow up with the expectation that life is good, that the world is a sunny and friendly place, that other people are as human and decent as they are, that it is fun to be alive. And with that attitude, they can accomplish almost anything.” -Guy Wright
“What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give.” -P. D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James (1920 - 2014))
“Anyone with the brains of a bunny can raise a happy, healthy, successful child by following a few simple rules.” -Author Unknown: “The Old Farmer’s Almanac”
“Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can involve him in distress, and he will just as likely think of rushing into the element in which he cannot breathe, as of lying or cheating or stealing.” -Henry Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux)
“The Golden Rule of Parenting is: Do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!” -Louise Hart
“Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.” -Matthew L. Jacobson
“So often, children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes, yet we adults have them all the time! We think if we don’t nip it in the bud, it will escalate and we will lose control. Let go of that unfounded fear and give your child permission to be human. We all have days like that. None of us are perfect, and we must stop holding our kids to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves. All of the punishments you could throw at them won’t stamp out their humanity, for to err is human, and we all do it.” -Rebecca Eanes: “The Newbies Guide to Positive Parenting” (22 January 2015); book available at https://www.rebeccaeanes.com/
“It is not what you do for your children, but you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline Friedman (1918 - 2002))
“Parenthood is the art of bringing your children up without putting them down.” -Author Unknown
“To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to know.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778): “Emile; or, Treatise on Education” (1762)
“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.” -Sue Atkins
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie 'Anne' Frank (1929 - 1945)): “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)
“Children have more need of models than of critics.” -Joseph Joubert (1754 - 1824)
“Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” -Author Unknown
“The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))
“It is critical to maintain boundaries between adult problems and children. Please protect your children’s innocence and allow them to remain children. They must not be burdened by adult problems. Kids don’t have the coping skills or the intellectual ability to understand money worries, adult relationship issues, or their parents’ unhappiness.” -Author Unknown
“Watch me, learn from me, and learn from my mistakes.” -Judy Garland (Frances Gumm (1922 - 1969)): advice she gave to her daughter Liza Minnelli
“When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son.” -Author Unknown: “The Talmud”
“If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.” -Bruce Barton (1886 - 1967)
“Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.” -David Bly
This is MFOL! . . . the website perfectly suited for someone of your age and maturity level . . . no matter what it is . . . funny how that works out . . . for everyone!
