Quotes About Parenting

My dad's a funny guy.

We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.

And what happens when you have a lot more kids is you gain more confidence, you figure out what's necessary, what's not, and you learn to manage your time better as a mom with kids who are over the age of 10.

I live at Gap Kids; I think they have the cutest stuff. I barely buy anything for myself, but my daughter has quite the collection.

When you're a kid, you're just not equipped to deal with some of the stuff that life brings you. It's why you have parents. And then, when you don't, there better be somebody who fills in that gap, or you're going to be rudderless for a while.

When I get home, I clean out the garage and play ball with my son. That's it.

I would give my life if necessary to protect my children. I'm concerned with giving them the right food and clothes to wear... If they're exposed to homosexuality I might as well feed them garbage.

I think, as a gay man in society, we are not accepted yet... let alone a gay man with a kid.

I would love to have children some day. I'd like little gay boys. That would be good.

I have a son and a daughter; I try to teach them equally about balance, gender, and gender equity.

I've been thinking a lot about the journey of my parents - just seeing the sacrifices they've made to allow me to do what I do. How much of a difference their sacrifices have made through the generations.

My very first system was the Sega Genesis back when I was 7 or 8 years old. I played that into the ground. Like, my parents had to confiscate it and put it in attic, the whole thing.

I genuinely believe that our daughters would be safe if our sons are raised right.

Nothing has changed that much, even during filmmaking for 'The Descendants.' I wrote. I took the kids to school. I cleaned the house. And I had dinner with George Clooney.

It's amazing. I can't believe how brilliant the whole thing is - my daughter, Georgia, is just wonderful.

When you get married and have your own family, it gives you the opportunity to look back on your own childhood I suppose, but you learn on the job really.

Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

I learnt German as well as English, so by the time I was three my parents has already decided I was a gifted child.

I remember as a kid, my two brothers and I had to share gifts. We couldn't afford to have one for each of us. Today, when I buy a gift I have to buy for both my kids as I can't give something to only one of them.

I've written just about everything for the sake of putting shoes on the children's feet - and a bottle of gin in the cupboard.

There's no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.

I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.

God gave me a second chance. I am so very glad with what is going on with my career, but I want to be a success in my relationship with my children.

I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents let them.