Quotes & Sayings About Failed Parenting

Oh Lord Jesus, let eternal grace reign in my life now. — Cessza Gumede

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James Baldwin

Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is. — Lucretius

If he once failed as a father, it was a noble fail. — Alysia Abbott

Ask any child who failed to live up to his parents' idea of success, and you'll likely hear that they never felt good enough, or that their parents had expectations that they could not live up to. — Nancy Rose

A good mother loves fiercely but ultimately brings up her children to thrive without her. They must be the most important thing in her life, but if she is the most important thing in theirs, she has failed. — Erin Kelly

I love people who make me laugh.
I honestly think it's the
thing I like most,to
Laugh.
It cures a multitude of
Ills.
It's probably the most
Important thing in a
person ... — Audrey Hepburn

A murderer was a worthy companion. — Philip Pullman

I think the more
she has failed at things like relationships
and parenting, the more she has cut
herself off from feeling bad about those
things. And if you don't let yourself feel
bad, sooner or later you stop feeling
good, too. You insulate yourself. Build
up layers, like stacking paper, everything
growing heavier. And when the weight
becomes too much, those layers compress.
Become hard. Sad, really, to think that
Kristina has turned herself into cardboard. — Ellen Hopkins

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide

By exchanging quality time for 'turn-up' times, what many of today's wayward youngsters have become - men and women of the village have failed them. — T.F. Hodge

No, she certainly is not. She would burst into flames if she set one foot on a good Christian campus, and don't you forget it." "Jesus loves everyone, Mom. — Kami Garcia

My heart broke not only for the daughter who already was forced to become her mother's alarmingly narrow ideal, but also for the middle daughter who knew that her in mother's mind she had already failed. — Alexandra Robbins