Barbara Bush Quotes

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking.

There's no mantra for bringing up a kid.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

I have made a lot of mistakes raising the four Jenner kids.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.

It's not easy to be a good or wise parent. You do the best you can.

I really enjoyed my kids. They were good boys, you know, and interesting. And they didn't wear me out.

Where you raise your children isn't as important as how you raise your children.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

Marriage is a walk in the park compared to being a single mother or father. I'll take that walk later.

Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry.

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no right way to raise your children. You have to find your own way. It's your way and it's your child.

Sometimes being a dad is like watching a ping-pong match.

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

Parenting is perhaps the most important job we have in our lives.

At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.

We all want to raise our children well.

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

Parenting is tough.