Quotes About Parenting

Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.

So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.

People discuss parenting the way they talk about denominations of faith.

In many ways, I don't think journalism is any different from banking. And I don't think that banking is any different from parenting.

Everyone's generation probably feels like they're parenting in a better way.

Both Sheena and I are working parents, and we know how hard it is to balance work and parenting.

Parenting is different for everybody.

I'm no parenting guru. I suppose you just take everyday as it comes and do what you think is best.

I had a pretty well-adjusted style of parenting. I think my parents were very young, very open. I think I learned many things from them: etiquette and grace, compassion and charity. And who I am today is due to a lot of attributes of my parents.

My father was the biggest influence on my own parenting because I became the complete opposite to him. He found it very difficult to show physical love, like cuddling and that kind of stuff, so I went the other way.

Parenting is a sensitive, controversial subject, so I say to all the mommas and the daddies of the world God bless and good luck!

My daughter's position in our household is definitely higher than mine. I listen to her a lot. I guess you can say that's my parenting style.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.

The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run.

There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.

I don't want my kids to be raised thinking they'll get into a park and people applaud.

Yeah, I don't think I'm taking my shirt off to play flag football in the park with the kids.

When you have little girls, you're the coolest person in the world. I know at some point that's going to end; in their adolescence I'll become the opposite of that, especially if I'm parked outside a high school party.

Parker was a nightmare. But Carter seems to like his sleep and is a chilled, content baby.

My father said, 'Let's raise our child in a paradise instead of a parking lot,' and that's what they did.

I remember being in a parking lot, I think it was in New Mexico, I was to be at a shoot-around at 9 A. M. their time. And I got off the phone with Sarah and Matthew and I sat in that parking lot and cried for a little bit. Because I had been away so much. It got to the point where I was calculating how much time I had been away from the kids.

Well, now that I have a baby, I'm that person who's looking for all the parks. I'm also the person who lost their coat because I was juggling so many items. So I'm that person: I lost my coat, I lost my scarf, and it's cold now.

I didn't see my mum Julia for a few years - she was very young when she married my dad and had me, and when they parted I lived with my dad and my other 'mum,' his wife Diane.