Parenting forces us to get to know ourselves better than we ever might have imagined we could--and in many new ways. . . . We'll discover talents we never dreamed we had and fervently wish for others at moments we feel we desperately need them. As time goes on, we'll probably discover that we have more to give and can give more than we ever imagined. But we'll also find that there are limits to our giving, and that may be hard for us to accept.
Fred RogersIt's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of ultimate importance. It's what resides inside.
Fred RogersWhen we leave our child in nursery school for the first time, it won't be just our child's feelings about separation that we will have to cope with, but our own feelings as well-from our present and from our past, parents are extra vulnerable to new tremors from old earthquakes.
Fred RogersOur children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.
Fred RogersWe all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.
Fred Rogers