Dear Parents, This is just for You... Hope it encourages YOU!

Parenting, without doubt, is one of the most beautiful experiences in this life, yet, it has its fair share of challenges. Someone said, when you decide to have children, you decide to have portions of your heart move around in the outside world. Yet, despite this love, many parents can attest to the fact that they all go through trying times while bringing up their children and many a times, they may feel like they are failing at the job. You might as well realize that parenthood refines your patience in a way you never expected. No matter the challenges at hand, at the end of the day, there is no greater fulfillment than that which comes from investing positively in the lives of your children and seeing them grow to become the best that they could ever be.

Here are some good words of encouragement to keep you going. Whichever suits you best, please take it and run with it.

“What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” 
― Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum

“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” 
― Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Speeches

“To be in your children's memories tomorrow,
You have to be in their lives today.” 
― Barbara Johnson

“It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

“Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.” 
― Walt Disney Company

“The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.” 
― Dorothy Parker

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” 
― Jim Valvano

“When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.” 
― Greg Mortenson