Quotes About Parenting

Whenever I get a job that's somewhere around America, I fly over my ex-wife and daughter and hang out with them.

My mom liked to have us travel in first class with her. She's like, 'I work for my money, and I want my kids to live a certain kind of way.' My dad used to get so mad at my mom for flying us first class. So it was a clash on that.

My kids, I love it when they tell me, 'Abba, I want to be an artist.' And I say, that is awesome... I just want you to be happy and to follow your heart.

Anybody who thinks they're the perfect parent is a fool.

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.'

As long as I am forbidden to see the MSPAP, my children will be forbidden to take the MSPAP.

I do like to read in bed, but because I have two kids I'm often forced to read in the bathroom.

I always told myself I'd never be like my mother if I had a kid, but here I am, the same thing. I don't know how this happened. The same type of disciplining, the same kind of forcing him to perform in front of people, not buying him things when I could afford whatever he wanted - it's crazy!

The inspiration behind 'Tardy for the Party' was first and foremost my daughter Brielle. She co-wrote the original lyrics when she was nine years old.

I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you.

You're so focused on this child, you can sometimes forget about you as a couple, and that's just as important.

Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.

In India, we are parented in a way that we get very good values. But the whole culture forgets to tell us to also value ourselves. It's really OK sometimes to take into consideration your own happiness.

Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

My son can be as open as he wants with me, but he cannot forget I am his mother and that all will not be forgiven.

When I became a parent I forgot about the part of myself which was very emotional, very dour a little depressed - but very good at writing emotional songs.

My wife and I are foster parents.

Having a little boy gave me a foundation and centred my life a bit more.

My parents lovingly passed down the lessons of their lives so that my sister, Jana, and I may also teach our children the foundational principles of a life well lived. There was something else my father passed on, quite unintentionally, I'm sure: learning disabilities. My father is dyslexic, and so am I.

It's depressing and scary, but he needs to know the world around him because he's fourteen now and in two years he's going to drive. He needs to know what goes on out in the world. I'm not going to always be there.

Work does come home with us, but home also comes to work. Our kids are regulars at Eventbrite's HQ in San Francisco.

To be quite frank and honest with you, it drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight, the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

I'm not much of a baby freak - I like them when they're older.

I'm a control freak. And more so now that I have children.