Behold your little ones. Pray with them. Pray for them and bless them. The world into which they are moving is a complex and difficult world. They will run into heavy seas of adversity. They will need all the strength and all the faith you can give them while they are yet near you. While they are young, pray with them that they may come to know that source of strength which shall then always be taught of the Lord' and great shall be the peace of thy children. — Gordon B. Hinckley

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In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.

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Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older and younger than themselves.

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You can't blend in when you were born to stand out. — R. J. Palacio

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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Children should neither be seen nor heard from – ever again. ― W. C. Fields

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No, you never get any fun Out of the things you haven't done.

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My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.

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Most parents think that the commands they give their children are merely suggestions wrapped with lovingness. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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We are our greatest prison and our worst warden. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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