20 Great Quotes to Share with Parents

If you want to influence children, then you have to influence their greatest influencer.  Their parents. 

One impactful thing you can do is share quotes about parenting with them.  

These can be shared as part of a parent & child dedication class, a parenting class, a social media post, etc. 

An inheritance is what you leave for your children.              A legacy is what you leave in your children. 

We never know of the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves.  Henry Ward Beecher

The best parenting method is having a mom and dad who love each other.

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.                         Mitch Albom

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.   O. A. Battista

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother.    Abraham Lincoln

Before I became a parent, I had 3 theories about raising children.  Now I have 3 children and no theories about raising children.

Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first.  Matthew Jacobson

Parenting is a life time job and does not stop when a child grows up.  Jake Slope

The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.  Frank A. Clark

No matter your age, you will always need your mom.

My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.  Clarence Budinton Kelland

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. Robert Fulghum

As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won’t forget how you made them feel. Kevin Heath

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. Mahatma Gandhi

You are your child's first teacher.

Hypocritical parents leads to skeptical children.  Walk the talk.  

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.  Bette Davis

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.  Charles R. Swindoll 

Discipline is not something we do to our children.  It is something we do for our children.

Your turn. What are some great parenting quotes you have heard or read?  Share them with us in the comment section below.