Sadness, irritability, fatigue, and distractedness are among the most common side effects of grief while parenting.

A picture excites the love of parenting that comes through meditation on a child.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

I have a shallow understanding of what it means to be alive, and I know certain things about parenting and being a wife and doing the school run. I know little bits, but I'm really a paddler on a beach.

Having children with someone is the real bond.

My approach to parenting is the same as my approach to life: it's all about putting in the hours and working hard.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?

My best parenting advice would be not to take the job too seriously. Teach your kids to be nice, and everything else falls into place.

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.

Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

Poor parenting may be reflected in poor sibling relationships.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I am no expert on parenting.

I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people.

I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit.