Being a parent is one of the most amazing experiences! But let’s face it, it can be challenging at times, especially if you’re parenting in a positive and peaceful way.
Sometimes all we need is to take a pause and read a powerful quote so we can get back on track. That’s why I curated this list of powerful positive parenting quotes for you!
I spent way too many hours looking on the internet for the best parenting quotes, but there are so many irrelevant quotes in most posts that I found. I carefully curated this list especially to inspire you to parent from your heart. These quotes will remind you that what truly matters is that your child feels loved and that you can effectively discipline your child using more gentle yet effective techniques. They will help you realize what truly matters…
These quotes can also be considered:
- attachment parenting quotes
- conscious parenting quotes
- mindful parenting quotes
- natural parenting quotes
Regardless of what you’d like to call it, these quotes will bring out the best in you, so you can give the best to your kids. They will remind you of how important your job is as a parent and to always choose love. In fact, I love this list so much that is my go-to when I need a little parenting pick-me-up because they inspire me to be a more calm, peaceful and loving parent.
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30 Really Awesome Positive Parenting Quotes That Will Inspire You
If your child feels loved, they feel safe. If your child feels loved, they can open up to you. If your child feels loved, they will be courageous in life because they know they have a cushion to fall back on. If there’s one big gift we can give our children is to know they are truly love, no matter what.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
Behind every child who believes in himself is a parent who believed in them first.
-Matthew L. Jacobson
Every mama knows what’s best for her child. If she truly listens to what her heart is saying.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
One generation of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the world.
– Charles Raison
Your children need to have a cushion to fall on. That cushion is you. That cushion is love.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
The most powerful way to change the world is to live in the front of our children the way we would like the world to be.
-Graham White
When your child is acting up, remember the they are probably just trying to get your attention. Fill up their love bucket before you do anything else.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
Children must never work for our love, they must rest in it.
-Gordon Neufeld
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
– Margaret Mead
What we do today, will impact who our children will be tomorrow.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
If your children fear your, they cannot trust you. If they don’t trust you, they cannot learn from you.
– Lori Petro
Your words as a parent have great power. Use them wisely and make sure they come from the heart.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
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
Don’t make any parenting decisions when you’re feeling angry as anger clouds your judgement. When in doubt ask yourself: “What would love do?”
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
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 Nelson
If speaking kindly to plants helps them grow, imagine what speaking kindly to kids can do.
– Anonymous
A powerful phrase your child needs to hear every day: I love you, no matter what.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
We must remember that one day our children are going to follow our example instead of our advice.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
Too much love never spoils children. Children become spoiled when we substitute presents for presence.
– Anthony Withman
The easiest way to get your children to listen to your and to learn from you, is by connecting with them first.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience and understanding…and snap an opportunity to shape up character.
– Jane Clayson Johnson
The most important thing you can give to your child is LOVE.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
Encourage kindness in children by showing them, with your actions, what kindness looks like.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.
– Barbare Johnson
The ONLY person that knows how to parent your child is YOU. TRUST your instincts.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
There will always be critics, so do what feels right to you.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
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
Get to know your child, learn about alternative parenting ways, listen to your intuition and parent them the way it feels right to you.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
Don’t let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget that you already have one.
– Glennon Melton
All our children need is to feel loved. Love them much. Love them hard. Love them unconditionally, and make sure they know it.
– Carolina King | MamaInstincts.com
I hope these quotes made you feel inspired. But in case you are still struggling, just ask yourself:
“What would love do?”
You got this! You are the perfect parent for YOUR child. Don’t ever forget that!
If you didn’t find the right parenting quote here, check out these 35 Inspirational Parenting Quotes That Every Parent Must Read.
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- How Listening To Your Inner Voice Will Make You A Better Parent
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Above all, 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!
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