Laura Bush Quotes

With children Love is spelled TIME.

We all think there is a formula, (but) as long as we love our children, that's really the only solid thing I know that works across the board.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

I really want to take time and be in the moment with my kid for at least the first year. I know she's not going to remember that, but it's really for the family chemistry.

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.

My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings. And a favorite book as a child? Growing up, it was 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' - I would read the whole C.S. Lewis series out loud to my kids. I was once reading to Zelda, and she said 'don't do any voices. Just read it as yourself.' So I did, I just read it straight, and she said 'that's better.'

If I cannot give my children a perfect mother I can at least give them more of the one they've got--and make that one more loving. I will be available. I will take time to listen, time to play, time to be home when they arrive from school, time to counsel and encouerage.

We book people are always preaching about reading aloud to children, but unless you do, you can't realize how it enriches family life.

It is easy to say that you can adopt the whole human race as your children, but it is not the same as living in a home with a child and shaping all you do to help him learn to be happy and whole and good. Don't live your life without ever holding a child in your arms, on your lap, in your home, and feeling a child's arms around you and hearing his voice in your ear and seeing his smile, given to you because you put it into your heart.

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

I never wanted my kids to feel I was more interested in anything I was doing than I was in them.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.

The real question isn't whether you love your kids or not, but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.

I love being with my children. They're fascinating people.

Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.

I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.

My daughter gets to paint my nails and put clips in my hair, and I love it.

All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.

Instead of giving your children more things, give them more time.