California State University, Northridge

Sayings We Have Heard About Raising Children

• "Children are gifts from God and should be cherished."
  
• "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
  
• "Parenthood is the hardest job in the world!"
  
• "Parenting is a lifetime commitment."
  
• "Like father, like son."
  
• "Be a parent, not a friend."
  
• "Girls are easier to raise until they become teenagers, but boys are easier to raise after they become teenagers."
  
• "Be prepared to have your life change forever!"
  
• "Parenting is a life-long course in understanding."
  
• "Don't let the baby sleep with you or you will never sleep alone again!"
  
• "Out of mouths of babes!
  
• "They will grow out of it!"
  
• "A child will make a wonderful marriage even more wonderful."
  
• [In Tagalog] "When a mother is away from her child, she should not cry over the separation...for the child will cry with her."
  
• "The oldest child breaks in parents for the youngest child."
  
• "Children are to be seen and not heard."
  
• "If you laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before dinner."
  
• "Little pitchers have big ears."
  
• "It smells better when it is your own child!"