Mottos for Success - for Parents

Children seldom turn out the way we expect. Then again, neither did we.

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Difficult children, like difficult laundry, can turn out great if given special attention before the stains set.

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Share your strength with your children when they are young, and they will share their youth with you when your strength runs out.

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Of all the things we give a child, our words must be the most carefully wrapped.

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Children are like water: Bottle them up and they stagnate; let them run wild and they make a mess; guide them and they bring life to all they touch.

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Love does to children what sun does to flowers.

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If parents do only two things—love their children and pray for them—God will more than make up for everything else.

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If we try to spare our children every disappointment and difficulty when they are young, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and mature and grow strong enough to face and overcome disappointments and difficulties that will come when they’re older.

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Show your children love, tenderness, gentleness, patience, and respect, and they will treat others likewise.

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Train your child as if you were preparing a prince for his future reign, for he will grow up to be one of the forces that shapes the future of mankind.

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Look for five things on which you can compliment your children today.

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You can’t take it for granted that because you know you love, appreciate, and value your children, that they know that. Tell them so!

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Love has creative power. In the home, love does its magic by engendering unselfish acts and helping each family member to see the others in a positive light.

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It’s easy to inadvertently make children feel unloved or unappreciated, but a little forethought and courtesy can have just the opposite effect.

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You will never regret spending time with your children, but you will regret it if you don’t.

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Maintaining an open line of communication with children when all is going well will make it easier for them to accept constructive criticism or even reproof when it’s needed.

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A few minutes of quality time with your children at the start and end of each day—a hug, a story, a prayer—will go a long way toward helping them feel loved and secure.

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Parenting has never been easy, but all loving parents have one great thing going for them from day one: their children love and look up to them more than anyone else in the world.

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While your children are a gift from Heaven, they are also a work in progress. It’s your job to help them grow into loving, responsible adults.

Excerpted from "Mottos for Success" desktop quotebook, by Aurora Productions.