Category Detail for Parenthood (10 Quotes)

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1 Ogden Nash General Parenthood Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
2 Lewis Padgett General Parenthood Salmon do the same thing...The young of the species are not conditioned to live in the completer world of their parents. Having developed sufficiently, they then enter that world. Later they breed. The fertilized eggs are buried in the sand, far up the river, where later they hatch.
3 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood Parents should work to create loving, eternal connections with their children. Reproof or correction will sometimes be required. But it must be done sensitively, persuasively, with an increase of love thereafter lest the child esteem the parent to be an enemy (see D&C 121:43).
4 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood It can be equally destructive when parents are too permissive and overindulge their children, allowing children to do as they please. Parents need to set limits in accordance with the importance of the matter involved and the child's disposition and maturity.
5 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood Help children understand the reasons for the rules, and always follow through with appropriate discipline when rules are broken. It is important as well to praise appropriate behavior.
6 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood Parents need to give children choices and should be prepared to appropriately adjust some rules, thus preparing children for real-world situations.
7 Russell M. Nelson Lds Parenthood When giving necessary correction, do it quietly, privately, lovingly, and not publicly. If a rebuke is required, show an increase of love promptly so that seeds of resentment may not remain.
8 Russell M. Nelson Lds Parenthood Do not try to control your children. Instead, listen to them, help them to learn the gospel, inspire them, and lead them toward eternal life.
9 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood Water cannot be drawn from an empty well, and if you are not setting aside a little time for what replenishes you, you will have less and less to give others, even to your children.
10 M. Russell Ballard Lds Parenthood Parents can offer a unique and wonderful kind of prayer because they are praying to the Eternal Parent of us all. There is great power in a prayer that essentially says, "We are steward-parents over Thy children, Father; please help us to raise them as Thou wouldst want them raised."