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Hand-picked Parenting quotes quotes with clean attributions and practical context. Includes lines from Anne Lamott and related voices.

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Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

Anne Lamott

There is no such thing as a perfect parent. So just be a real one.

Sue Atkins

The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.

Peggy O'Mara

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Frederick Douglass

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Margaret Mead

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

You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Socrates