Stacie Cockrell > Quotes

“The time you spend together doing a thousand inconsequential things is what culminates in a meaningful childhood.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows

“Whether or not we feel proud of the way we have lived will hinge mainly on our marriage and our parenting.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows

“Parents want to give their kids an edge by putting them in all these activities. What they don’t seem to realize is that the best edge they can give them is gained by sitting down with them at the dinner table, just being with them, just hanging out as a family. Kids who are truly secure in themselves have the real edge. Ultimately that’s what’s going to make them a success.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More and Argue Less As Your Family Grows – An Evenhanded Guide for Spouses to Stay Connected During the Early Parenting Years

“Telling a mother who has a child and work committments to chill out is like telling a nuclear engineer not to worry about the leak in the reactor he has been sent in to fix.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows

“It's uniquely tough, but also uniquely fabulous.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows

“Family time is where it's at. We can give our kids every bit of a designer lifestyle, but most of them are more interested in just being with us.”
― Stacie Cockrell, Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows