Barbara Bush Quotes

I think parents today are looking for meaningful things for their kid. It's about feeding them something with meaning.

One of my favorite things to do with my children is to read to them.

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.

It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

Reading with my children is incredibly important to me and a wonderful way to spend time together as a family, exploring magical worlds through books and stories.

As a person, the only people who matter are my kids and how they see me.

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.

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

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!

There are times everyone needs to be together for me and we all just work together; making sure that my energy is good and right when I go do what I'm going to do. That means the family needs to spend time together.

I read to my kids every night.

When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that they are so important to you that you will spend 20 minutes a day with your arm around them.

You need a strong family because at the end, they will love you and support you unconditionally. Luckily, I have my dad, mom and sister.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

I don't take it lightly that I brought a life into this world. They're waiting for you every day, these sweet little angels. You have to have time for them to interact on a daily basis.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

It's important for me to have my family close.

Family is the most important thing in the world.

I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.

My parents came to visit every two months and brought plenty of books.

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

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

What I love most about fatherhood is the opportunity to be a part of the development process of a new life.