Quotes About Parenting

It's vital that my partner and I are in constant discussion with each other and with our sons about how they're developing emotionally and physically within their peer groups.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

I still vividly remember the moment I let go of an embrace with my daughter on her college campus - that, in her opinion, probably lasted far too long. I left the most precious thing in my life in the care of an institution, and that's a very hard thing to do.

I've actually become much, much dumber through being married and having these children. I find that I'm not half as sharp that I once was. I can't even help them with their 4th and 5th grade vocabulary and math work at this point.

I panicked when my son, Jett, stopped eating baby food. He's only two, but his food vocabulary is fantastic. He likes my baked tilapia and string beans with chopped garlic. But he really likes pizza. Sometimes every inanimate object to him is pizza.

If 'gay' is not in your vocabulary, if being gay is not an option in your world, then you're far more likely to see your kid as anything but gay.

I don't swear much; I've taken those words out of my vocabulary, and having kids, you have to have two sets of language!

My mum's very vocal about me, aye. She's very proud. It's just a bit embarrassing.

My dad has always been vocal about critically appreciating me. If I have done a bad job, he will definitely try to correct me with his inputs.

My father never raised his voice or his hand on me when I was a kid.

My wife was an excellent mother, her loss has left a big void in my son's life, and those are shoes that I cannot fill. The loss of a parent has not been easy on him.

My parents were very volatile but very loving. My father would get jealous if my mother looked at somebody. I used to be insanely jealous. It comes out of insecurity. It can come and go, but you get to the point in life where you don't have this raging jealousy and protectiveness about your world.

I was the oldest of four children, and the atmosphere was volatile for all of us. My father and mother were in constant conflict, making divorce seem like the only possible outcome.

Continuing to expose the children to my and Adrienne's dysfunctional and volatile relationship is causing harm to the children.

Kids are pretty resilient. You don't have to be at every volleyball game. We can't guilt ourselves.

Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.

A good mother remembers to serve fruit at breakfast, is always cheerful and never yells, manages not to project her own neuroses and inadequacies onto her children, is an active and beloved community volunteer. She remembers to make play dates, her children's clothes fit, she does art projects with them and enjoys all their games.

When my daughter Somah was young, I didn't have much money. But I was fortunate to find a preschool where I could volunteer in exchange for lower tuition. I saw firsthand how an early childhood education shaped my daughter's success.

The seeds of divorce are often sown and the problems of children begin when Mother works outside the home.

My father seemed always to know not only what I was doing, but what I was being.

Our kids seldom even get to see a movie. When we go to a movie, it's an event - and we make it an event.

I worry about my kids growing up and how the world might hurt them. But at the same time, I absolutely do not worry about them growing up - because they have great values and a great sense of self.

At some point, parents may become inured to a child's self-destruction, but I never did.

I didn't breast-feed. I'm selfish.