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As a parent I don’t always have time to read parenting books and that’s where quotes come in! I love reading parenting quotes, in fact, part of my nighttime routine is reading a few parenting and life quotes.
Quotes are an easy and quick reminder of how to be a more conscious, kind, respectful and loving parent. Our generation of parents is changing the way children are raised, but we are raising our children in ways we weren’t raised and that why using daily reminder, such as quotes, can be so powerful.
I’ve curated these conscious parenting quotes to help bring out the best in you as a parent. It is not always easy to be a parent, and being a conscious parent requires a lot of self-awareness, inner healing and looking within, but it is so worth it. Our children deserve to be raised with love, respectful and kindness, and these parenting quotes are little reminders along the way.
These quotes can also be considered gentle parenting quotes or positive parenting quotes. About half of the quotes on this post focus on positive discipline and understanding both yourself and your child. The rest are meant to shift how you see parenting and inspire you to be the best parent you can be.
I hope these quotes inspire you to keep on doing the hard work of being the parent your child needs!
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Either we spend time meeting children’s emotional needs by filling their cup with love or we spend time dealing with the behaviors caused from their unmet needs. Either way we spend the time.
– Pam Leo
When you keep criticizing your kids, they don’t stop loving you. They stop loving themselves.
– Unknown.
Being aware of your emotions and behavior is the first step to changing your life. This is how you become your best self. This is how you become a better parent.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
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.
– L.R. Knost
Don’t let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget that you already have one.
– Glennon Melton
The best thing you can give your child every day is a little bit of your time.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.
– Ignacio Estrada.
If you get upset when your child is upset, no matter what they’re upset about, it’s only going to make them more upset. When your child is upset, it’s your job to be the calming presence in their life. Your calmness will help them calm down. When your child is calm they are more open to connect with you and receive guidance from you.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
There are two gifts we should give our children: one is roots and the other is wings.
– Unknown.
When little people are overwhelmed by big emotions, it’s our job to share our calm. Not join their chaos.
– L.R. Knost
Love, unconditional love, is the biggest gift we can give our children. Love who they are, not who you want them to be. Show them how to love themselves, just the way they are. Love them hard, and show them, with actions, how much you love them. Make love a priority, it is the foundation of life.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
Behind every young child who believes in themselves is a parent who believed first.
– Matthew Jacobson
What you do today, will impact who your children are tomorrow.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement, and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.
– Bob Keeshan
Respecting children teaches them that even the smallest, most powerless, most vulnerable person deserves respect, and that is a lesson our world desperately needs to learn.
– Unknown
Connection is the foundation of parenting. Always connect with your child first, then you can parent.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in.
– Rebecca Eanes
Your child may need a different parenting style than what you needed growing up. Parent the child you have, not the child you were.
– Dr. Jenn Hardy
Feeling heard and understood allows children to release the feeling, let go and move on.
– Janet Lansbury
The easiest way to get your children to listen to you and to learn from you, is by connecting with them first.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
As your kids grow they may forget what you said, but won’t forget how you made them feel.
– Kevin Heath
In my world there are no bad kids, just impressionable conflicted young people, wrestling with emotions and impulses, trying to communicate their feelings and needs the only way they know how.
– Janet Lansbury
Gentleness doesn’t mean you don’t guide me, it means your guidance doesn’t hurt me.
– Rebecca Eanes
In a world where parents are pressured to give more and more, it’s important to remember that what your child needs THE MOST is YOU – your PRESENCE and your LOVE.
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
Strong-willed children often grow into strong-willed adults who become world leaders, world shapers, and world changers. Parenting them peacefully is not only possible, it’s imperative because sowing peace in their hears now while they’re in our care will grow a future of peace later when the world is in their care.
– L.R. Knost
There are times as a parent when you realize that your job is not to be the parent you always imagined you’d be, the parent you always wished you had. Your job is to be the parent your child needs, given the particulars of his or her own life and nature.
– Ayelet Waldman
Never try to rationalize with a child that is emotional. They don’t want advice, they want love.
– Sarah Boyd
Tantrums are not bad behavior. Tantrums are an expression of emotion that became too much for the child to bear. No punishment is required. What your child needs is compassion and safe, loving arms to unload in.
– Rebecca Eanes
You can’t teach children to behave better by making them feel worse. When children feel better they behave better.
– Pam Lee
Nine times out of 10, the story behind the misbehavior won’t make you angry; it will break your heart.
– Annette Breaux
Whatever you do with your kids, that’s their normal. What do you want their normal to look like?
– Carolina King | Mama Instincts
Adults who are respectful of children are not just modeling a skill or behavior, they are meeting the emotional needs of those children, thereby helping to create the psychological conditions for children to treat others respectfully.
– Alfie Kohn
How you make sense of your childhood experiences has a profound effect on how you parent your own children… Understanding more about yourself in a deeper way can help you build a more effective and enjoyable relationship with your children.
– Daniel J. Siegel and Mary Hartzell
Don’t compare your child to others. There’s no comparison between the sun and the moon. They shine when it’s their time.
– Unknown
The way kids learn to make good decisions is by making good decisions, not by following directions.
– Alfie Kohn
I hope these quotes remind you of what an important endeavor it is to be a parent and raise little humans. It is not easy, but it is so worth it to do it with kindness, respect and love.
Remember to listen to your heart and intuition when it comes to parenting. No two children are alike and no one knows your child better than you. Always filter any advice you get, take what works for you, tweak it and discard the rest. You know better than anyone else what your child needs!
You got this! You are the perfect parent for YOUR child. Don’t ever forget that!
Looking for more parenting inspiration?
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