Perfect Parents Quotes

• There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.

  Jill Churchill

  Inspirational, Leadership, Mothers Day

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• I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Funny Inspirational, Children

  Anne Lamott (1994). “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year”, Fawcett

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• When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

  Erma Bombeck

  Funny, Family, Mom

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• There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way.

  Dave Willis

  Children, Perfect Child, Way

  FaceBook post by Dave Willis from May 14, 2017

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• The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child-raising is not the child but the parent.

  Frank Pittman

  Children, Dad, Father

  "Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity". Book by Frank Pittman, www.today.com. 1993.

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• If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

  Bette Davis

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children.

  Dave Barry

  Inspirational, Children, Excellent

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• Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man.

  Frank Pittman

  Men, Being A Parent, Being A Father

  "Man Enough: Fathers, Sons, and the Search for Masculinity". Book by Frank Pittman, www.today.com. 1993.

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• Children do not need superhuman, perfect parents. They have always managed with good enough parents: the parents they happened to have.

  Penelope Leach

  Children, Needs, Good Enough

  Penelope Leach (1989). “Your baby & child: from birth to age five”, Alfred A. Knopf

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• If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.

  Charlotte Sophia Kasl

  Fun, Children, Home

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• I certainly believe we all suffer damage, one way or another. How could we not,except in a world of perfect parents, siblings, neighbours, companions? And then there is the question on which so much depends, of how we react to the damage: whether we admit it or repress it,and how this affects our dealings with others.Some admit the damage, and try to mitigate it;some spend their lives trying to help others who are damaged; and there are those whose main concern is to avoid further damage to themselves, at whatever cost. And those are the ones who are ruthless, and the ones to be careful of.

  Julian Barnes

  Sibling, Believe, Helping Others

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• Children are not looking for perfect parents, but they are looking for honest parents.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Children, Honest, Perfect

  Howard G. Hendricks (1990). “Heaven Help the Home”

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• You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

  Franklin P. Adams

  Patience, Baby, Funny Inspirational

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• As the perfect parent, God suffers emotional pain when his creatures, created in his own image and likeness, rebel against him and do evil instead of good.

  Roger E. Olson

  Pain, Emotional, Evil

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.

  Melanie Laurent

  Grandparent, Childhood, No Fear

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• You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That one thing is prayer. You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. There is nothing you can do that will have a higher return on investment. In fact, the dividends are eternal.

  Mark Batterson

  Prayer, Return, Facts

  "Praying Circles Around Your Children". Book by Mark Batterson, 2012.

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• You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Prayer is your highest privilege as a parent. ...Prayer turns ordinary parents into prophets who shape the destinies of their children, grandchildren, and every generation that follows. ...Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.

  Mark Batterson

  Prayer, Children, Destiny

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• The mistakes that I made I made because I drank too much. I don't think that's going to happen any more. Am I going to make mistakes as a parent? Sadly, every day. I'm looking around for the perfect parent and I haven't seen one yet.

  Paula Poundstone

  Mistake, Thinking, Too Much

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• People live out of either the hurt they feel or the healing Jesus provides. Your parents will never be perfect. And you will never be a perfect parent. But there is a perfect God who, over time, will bring healing to hurtful circumstances.

  Derwin L. Gray

  Jesus, Hurt, Healing

  Derwin L. Gray (2013). “Limitless Life: You Are More Than Your Past When God Holds Your Future”, p.74, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent.

  Mark Batterson

  Christian, Praying, Perfect

  Twitter post from Feb 07, 2013

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• It’s tempting to wish for the perfect boss, the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit. But maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been dealt, and accessorize what we’ve got.

  Candace Bushnell

  Hands, Play, Boss

  "Young Anacostia Teacher Built a Family of Admirers" by Joe Holley, www.washingtonpost.com. April 24, 2005.

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