Louise Hart Quote – Our Children
“Our children give us the opportunity to become the parents we always wished we had.” – Louise Hart
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Alice Miller Quote – Children Are Messengers
“Children are messengers to us from a world we once deeply knew.” – Alice Miller
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Joyful Family
“To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.” ― Pope John Paul II
Read morePope John Paul II Quote – Domestic Church
“Catholic parents must learn to form their family as a “domestic church,” a church in the home as it were, where God is honored, his law is respected, prayer is a normal event, virtue is transmitted by word and example, and everyone shares the hopes, the problems and sufferings of everyone else. All this is not to advocate a return […]
Read moreCatherine M. Wallace Quote – Listen Earnestly To Your Children
“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.” ― Catherine M. Wallace
Read morePhyllis Diller Quote – The First Twelve Months
“We spend the first twelve months of our children’s lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years telling them to sit down and shut up.” – Phyllis Diller
Read moreBrian Koffman Quote – Shatter My Ego
“I spent a week at a Buddhist monastic retreat, where I sat silently for hours at a time in an uncomfortable position trying to shatter my ego. Why bother? Two minutes with my wife and kids does the same thing.” – Brian Koffman
Read moreDonald G. Smith Quote – The Two Functions of Family
“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
Read moreThich Nhat Hanh Quote – You Are The Continuation
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
Read moreHaim Ginott Quote – Parents Talk To The Heart
“The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately, they talk to the heart.” – Haim Ginott
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