Quotes About Parenting

One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh

When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.

I have younger kids, and I adopted them late in life. They don't know these people [from Annie Hall] at all.

So as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life.

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.

Everything that I do in my life is geared towards my kids and their survival and giving them the best education that I can possibly give them and the best home that I can possibly give them.

The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.

I think it's one of the reasons I wrote my book later in life. My parents didn't have these extreme alternations of conduct. They were very sweet to me.

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

What I really want for my children is that they be loved and that they be happy and that they lead a good life.

I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities.

The simple combination of letters and sounds you select as a name for your baby can result in a life of carefree coolness or decades of expensive therapy. Hi, I'm Jake versus Hi, I'm... Tapioca

Believing everything your child does wrong is entirely down to the company he or she keeps.

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

My kids are my life and the thought of someone taking them away from me is my worst nightmare.

There are so many things I'd like to do. Like becoming a parent. To me that is the next natural progression in life.

Cannot we let [children] be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One's enough.

Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent.

I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

It's a privilege to have kids and not live your life in solitude. But we live in a child-hating culture.

I am very disciplined in my life and very up front. It is the only way I can do it and do it well. I am up every day at 7, and I feed my kids, no matter how long the day was.

The business of Mr. Bennett's life was to keep his daughters alive. The business of Mrs. Bennett's was to get them married.

Poor Harper Seven Beckham, having to live with that name all her life. It's the Boy Named Sue syndrome; at the very least it will toughen her up.