They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another.

Life is a constant adaptation.

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.

That’s what being a parent is like. It’s like Platoon.

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Parenting is a stage of life’s journey where the milestones come about every fifty feet.

Parenting, in short, is a dance of the generations. Whatever affected one generation but has not been fully resolved will be passed on to the next. (p216)

Parenting plans should be consistent.

The one who would be constant in happiness must frequently change.

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

[Elena] "Raising a kid is the ultimate exercise in trial and error."

It affected me so much having to adapt to different parenting environments.

Letting our children go” is a lifelong process for parents, one that we wrestle with again and again, and each parent has to wrestle with it in his or her own way.

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes—you'll see.