Poetry and Quotes About Families
"We teach children about life, but they teach us what life is about."
"Treat your friends like family and your family like friends."
"Family is life's masterpiece."
"There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child."
"Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you."
"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."
"If I had my child to raise all over again, I'd build self-esteem first, and the house later. I'd finger-paint more, and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes. I'd take more hikes and fly more kites. I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play. I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars. I'd do more hugging and less tugging."
"You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-around will wave at his parents every time around and why his parents will always wave back."
