"My mom was a terrible parent of..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.
More by Maya Angelou
“Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.”
“When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness.”
“We need much less than we think we need.”
More on Parenting
“My mom didn't let me eat sugar or candy until I was older.”
“For only as we ourselves, as adults, actually move and have our being in the state of love, can we be appropriate models and guides for our children. What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”
“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.”
More on Motherhood
“No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick.”
“By far the most common craving of pregnant women is not to be pregnant.”
“A mother would have been always present. A mother would have been a constant friend; her influence would have been beyond all other.”