Quotes About Parenting

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.

The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult.

My parents were definitely on the incentive side of parenting. Like, they told me that my father had learned to read when he was three. So, of course, I thought I had to, too.

Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible.

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

Parenting three children at the same time has helped me grow as a filmmaker. It taught me to be more empathetic and understand what people want from me.

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.

Kids are fat because of lack of parenting.

I have become more and more afraid about marriage and parenting. I think it's because I am getting older. Of course, there will be a lot to learn, and I also know that the experience will help in my acting.

Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.

We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.

Mum and Dad had high expectations of us as human beings - it wasn't just about education. It's a fantastic way to go about parenting, and I aspire to that.

Parenting is much more nerve-wracking than 'Jeopardy!'

The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they're proud of.

I think the main parenting or education you do for your children is by way of being, and not by way of having guidelines or some agenda. I think that life itself is constantly bringing learning opportunities.

Parenting takes a lot of creativity, and I embrace it fully.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

There have been a lot of times when work and parenting conflicted for me. Every day.

When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.

As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental.

Everything that happens to me in a day enhances my parenting.

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.