“I don't think you're ever going to be a perfect parent, but you can be a devoted one.”— Anna Faris
“To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy to take care of your family.”— Joan Blades
“If you have a child who is different, you have a child who is going to be a target.”— Barbara Coloroso
“Never do for a child what he can do for himself. A 'dependent' child is a demanding child... Children become irresponsible only when we fail to give them opportunities to take on responsibility.”— Barbara Coloroso
“Ghosts in the nursery are the visitors from the unremembered past of the parents; the guests who now live in the nursery.”— Alicia F. Lieberman
“What a child can do in the early years has a great deal to do with what he can do throughout his life.”— Edith Schaeffer
“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”— Erma Bombeck
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”— Erma Bombeck
“Self-esteem is the mainspring that slates every child for success or failure as a human being.”— Dorothy Corkville Briggs
“To feel 'good about myself' is the greatest gift a parent can give a child.”— Dorothy Corkville Briggs
“Discipline is not punishment. It is teaching. It is guiding. It is helping a child learn how to be in the world.”— Barbara Coloroso