62 Best Positive Parenting Quotes to Inspire Your Parenting Journey
Discover the transformative power of positive parenting with my handpicked collection of inspiring and motivational quotes. As parents, we all strive to create a nurturing and loving environment for our children, fostering their growth and guiding them along the path of life. In this uplifting compilation, we’ve curated a selection of gentle parenting quotes and insightful wisdom to help you embrace the joys and challenges of raising kids.
These empowering quotes serve as reminders that parenting is a journey of constant learning and self-discovery. From celebrated authors, renowned psychologists, parenting experts, and experienced parents, these words of wisdom offer valuable insights and inspiration to become not only better parents, but also the best version of ourselves as we navigate the beautiful chaos of parenthood.
Whether you’re seeking guidance on building stronger connections with your children, finding balance in your parenting approach, or simply seeking a dose of motivation to brighten your day, this collection of positive parenting quotes has something for everyone. So, find a cozy spot and let these words of wisdom uplift and empower you on your parenting journey.
As a reminder, positive parenting (also known as gentle parenting, peaceful parenting, authoritative parenting, intentional parenting, mindful parenting, or conscious parenting) is a parenting style rooted in empathy, respect, and open communication. Positive parents aim to fostering the healthy development and well-being of children by emphasizing nurturing and guiding children rather than resorting to punitive measures. At the core of positive parenting is positive discipline, which focuses on teaching children valuable life skills, promoting self-regulation, and encouraging positive behavior through gentle guidance, logical consequences, and age-appropriate expectations. By fostering a warm and supportive environment, positive parenting empowers parents to build strong connections with their children, promoting emotional intelligence, resilience, and a lifelong love of learning.
Get ready to be inspired by these insightful quotes as we unlock the incredible potential within ourselves and our children. Let’s dive in!
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“One day your child will make a mistake or a bad choice and run to you instead of away from you and at that moment you will know the immense value of peaceful, positive, respectful parenting.”
– LR Knost
“My message is very simple. Love your kids. Just love them. Love, appreciate, show that you value them, remind them of their greatness, encourage them, respect, honor, trust, and treat them with dignity.”
– Eric D. Greene
“It’s time we stop buying the lie that we need to be hard on kids because “the world is hard”. Love them as hard as you can. That’s what they need.”
– Tara Vogler
“When your child is in the midst of a meltdown, remember that they are not giving you a hard time, they are having a hard time. ”
– Dr. Laura Markham
“The golden rule of parenting is do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you!”
– Louise Hart
“By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments.”
– Eileen Kennedy-Moore
“You must first teach a child he is loved. Only then is he ready to learn everything else.”
-Amanda Morgan
“The most powerful way to change the world is to live in front of our children the way we would like the world to be.”
– Graham White
“To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.”
– Barbara Johnson
“Meltdowns and tantrums can be valuable moments for parents to strengthen their bond with their child. Approach them with compassion, patience, and a willingness to understand.”
– Dr. Ross Greene
“There is no such thing as a perfect parent so just be a real one.”
– Sue Atkins
“We must remember that one day our children are going to follow our example instead of our advice.”
– Carolina King
“We don’t always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can’t find a way to love us anyway.”
–J. Courtney Sullivan
“If your children fear you, they cannot trust you. If they don’t trust you, they cannot learn from you.”
– Lori Petro
“So often children are punished for being human. Children are not allowed to have grumpy moods, bad days, disrespectful tones, or bad attitudes. Yet, us adults have them all the time. None of us are perfect. We must stop holding our children to a higher standard of perfection than we can attain ourselves.”
– Rebecca Eanes
“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”
– Henry Ward Beecher
“Toddlers test, and that’s exactly what they are supposed to do. A toddler has failed if he makes life too easy for us.”
-Janet Lansbury
“Children do not need us to shape them; they need us to respond to who they are.”
– Naomi Aldort
“The point of parenting is not to have all the answers before we start out but instead to figure it out on the go as our children grow. Because as they do, so will we.”
– Bridgett Miller
“Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them.”
– Bill Ayers
“Remember you are not managing an inconvenience. You are raising a human being.”
– Kittie Franz
“A child seldom needs a good talking to as much as a good listening to.”
– Robert Brault
“Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?”
– Jane Nelsen
“We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.”
– Roy L. Smith
“Counteract conflict by connection and communicating calmly.”
– Kirsty Lee
“Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.”
–Jodi Picoult
“A parent’s love is whole no matter how many times divided.”
– Robert Brault
“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
“No matter how far we come, our parents are always in us.”
– Brad Meltzer
“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”
– Robert Fulghum
“Many believe parenting is about controlling children’s behavior and training them to act like adults. I believe that parenting is about controlling my own behavior and acting like an adult myself. Children learn what they live and live what they learn.”
– LR Knost
“If I expect my children to be kind, gentle, compassionate, and respectful, I must be kind, gentle, compassionate, and respectful. Children do not listen to the instruction of hypocrites; it is your actions that guide their actions, not your lectures or punishment.”
– Rebecca Eanes
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.”
– CS Lewis
“You do not have to make your children into wonderful people. You just have to remind them that they are wonderful people.”
– William Martin
“You can’t teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When children feel better, they behave better.”
– Pam Leo
“The sign of great parenting is not the child’s behavior. The sign of truly great parenting is the parent’s behavior.”
– Andy Smithson
“If you really want your children to respect you, let them speak! Give them a safe space to say how they really feel without fear of how your pride will react. It doesn’t matter if they are always right or “good”, it matters that they are allowed to be real with you.”
– Brook Hampton
“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents.”
– Jane D. Hull
“The way kids learn to make good decisions is by making decisions, not following directions.”
– Alfie Kohn
“Children must never work for our love, they must rest in it.” – Gordon Neufeld
“If you’ve told a child a thousand times and he still does not understand, then it is not the child who is the slow learner.”
– Walter Barbe
“The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.”
– Roald Dahl
“Don’t let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.”
– Glennon Melton
“Being hard on children does not make them stronger. People are strengthened through compassion and understanding. No matter their age or gender.”
– Lella Schott
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken adults.”
– Frederick Douglass
“Empathy with children during a tantrum is not rewarding behavior. It’s meeting a need, the need for connection and understanding.”
– Rebecca Eanes
“Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence.”
– Dr. Anthony Withman
“It is ironic that adults want children to control their own behavior when the adults have difficulty controlling their own behavior.”
– Jane Nelsen
“Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.”
– Richelle E. Goodrich
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
– Maya Angelou
“If we are wonderful parents and family members, then there’s really nothing else to prove.”
– Ron Baratono
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”
– Clarence Budinton Kelland
“Every day our children spread their dreams beneath our feet. We should tread softly.”
– Sir Ken Robinson
“To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is.”
– Fred Rogers
“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do, too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself.”
– Joyce Maynard
“I wish children could grow according to their natural pace: sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested, eat when hungry, cry when upset, play and explore without being unnecessarily interrupted; in other words, be allowed to grow and blossom as each was meant to. ”
– Magda Gerber
“Nothing that grieves us can be called little. By the eternal law of proportions, a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of his crown are events of the same size.”
– Mark Twain
“I’m always amazed when adults say that children “just did that to get attention”. Naturally, children who need attention will do all kinds of things to get it. Why not just give it to them?”
– Lawrence J. Cohen
“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
– Ignacio Estrada
“Feeling heard and understood allows children to release their feelings, let go and move on.”
– Janet Lansbury
“Children do well if they can, if they can’t we need to figure out why so we can help.”
– Dr. Ross Greene
“There are no bad children. There are bad choices. There are bad moments. There are bad days. There are bad situations. But there are no bad children. Period.”
– LR Knost
As we reach the end of this collection of inspiring positive parenting quotes, I hope that you feel uplifted and empowered on your journey as a parent. These words of wisdom have reminded us of the incredible power we possess to shape the lives of our children through love, understanding, and gentle guidance. By embracing positive parenting principles, we can cultivate a more peaceful and loving relationship with our children, fostering their emotional well-being, and setting the stage for a bright future.
Remember, parenting is a continuous learning process, and each day brings new opportunities for growth and connection. Let these quotes serve as beacons of inspiration, guiding you to create a joyful and harmonious family environment.
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