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Parenting can be either hard work or pure joy. Sometimes parenting can be both at the same time. And sometimes we just want to hear the right thing at the right time. And last time I checked the back of a box of pudding cups, there wasn’t much in the form of inspiration on there. Here are 10 droplets of parental wisdom that just might get you through your day. Hope you enjoy these quotes about parenting!
10 Positive Quotes About Parenting and Fathers
“There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one” – Sue Atkins
“Parenthood… It’s about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.” – Peter Krause
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass
“I don’t know what’s more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you’re doing.” – Jim Gaffigan
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” – James Baldwin
“Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making.” ― Dan Pearce, Single Dad Laughing
“Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating…too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.” – John Wooden
“Behind every young child who believes in himself, is a parent who believed first” – Matthew L. Jacobson
“A parent’s love is whole, no matter how many times divided.” – Robert Brault
“A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.” – Robert Brault
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