{"id":3085,"date":"2015-09-11T02:33:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2016-08-24T21:07:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T11:07:51","slug":"parenting-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/parenting-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Parenting Quotes to Live By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3087 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/13-Parenting-Quotes-to-Live-By.jpg\" alt=\"13 Parenting Quotes to Live By\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13-Parenting-Quotes-to-Live-By.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13-Parenting-Quotes-to-Live-By-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13-Parenting-Quotes-to-Live-By-107x150.jpg 107w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/700;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How is it that a few well-chosen words can create such an impact? Sometimes this seems particularly true with parenting quotes, where the chance utterance by someone: famous or layperson, historical or present-day, can seem to perfectly encapsulate your current parenting situation. Maybe it puts your philosophy into words, or maybe it makes you realize that others are going through the same current struggle as you, reinforcing the fact that you are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>We love these 13 parenting quotes so much that we created new layouts\u00a0for each one, and we just have a feeling that at least one of them will speak directly to you. Which one will it be?<\/p>\n<h2>1. Love and Acceptance<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3154 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Love and Acceptance\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/1-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your kids require you most of all to love them for who they are, not to spend your whole time trying to correct them. &#8211; Bill Ayers<\/p>\n<h2>2. Funny \u2013 Small Children<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3155 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Small Children\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. &#8211; Erma Bombeck<\/p>\n<h2>3. Funny \u2013 Teenagers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/3AUNZ.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3156 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/3AUNZ.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Teenagers\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/3AUNZ.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/3AUNZ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/3AUNZ-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. &#8211; Dorothy Parker<\/p>\n<h2>4. Inspirational<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/41.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3157 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/41.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Inspirational\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/41.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/41-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/41-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. &#8211; Brian Tracy<\/p>\n<h2>5. Spiritual<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3158 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/5.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Spiritual\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/5-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your children are not your children, they come through you, but they are life itself, wanting to express itself. &#8211; Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\n<h2>6. On Parenting Advice<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3159 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/6.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Parenting Advice\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them. &#8211; P.J. O&#8217;Rourke<\/p>\n<h2>7. Having\u00a0Fun<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3160 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/7.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Having Fun\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/7-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. &#8211; Jane Goodall<\/p>\n<h2>8. Quality over Quantity<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/81.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3161 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/81.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Quality over Quantity\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/81.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/81-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/81-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your children need your presence more than your presents. &#8211; Jesse Jackson<\/p>\n<h2>9. Independence<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3162 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/9.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Independence\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/9.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/9-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Never do for a child what he is capable of doing for himself. &#8211; Elizabeth Hainstock<\/p>\n<h2>10. Reading<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/101.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3163 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/101.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Reading\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/101.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/101-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/101-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. &#8211; Emilie Buchwald<\/p>\n<h2>11. Preparation<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/111.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3164 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/111.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Preparation\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/111.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/111-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/111-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It&#8217;s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless. &#8211; L.R. Knost<\/p>\n<h2>12. Money<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3165 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/12.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Money\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/12-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A parent is someone who carries pictures where their money used to be. &#8211; Lion<\/p>\n<h2>13. Praise<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3166 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/app\/uploads\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Parenting Quotes - Praise\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.canvasfactory.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/13-300x300.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/800;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Praise your children openly, reprehend them secretly. &#8211;\u00a0W. Cecil<\/p>\n<p>Did any of these\u00a0quotes about parenting speak directly to you? Turn your &#8216;ah-ha&#8217; moment into creative and effective home decor by printing one or more of these ready-made images as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/\">canvas print<\/a> for your home. Just choose your favorite then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/create-canvas-prints-online\">upload it into our simple tool, select your canvas size, and your personalized artwork will be on its way!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is it that a few well-chosen words can create such an impact? Sometimes this seems particularly true with parenting quotes, where the chance utterance by someone: famous or layperson, historical or present-day, can seem to perfectly encapsulate your current parenting situation. Maybe it puts your philosophy into words, or maybe it makes you realize &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/parenting-quotes\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3085"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4690,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions\/4690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}