Quotes About Parenting

Harry Enfield and 'Chums' is very family-orientated, but 'Gimme, Gimme, Gimme' isn't for mums and dads.

I'd hate to see the game I love go away because it is considered too dangerous and parents are scared to allow their kids to play.

I am dedicated to giving my kids the memory of happy parents. So I spend a lot of time with them. We really know each other. If they should decide later on that they hate me, at least they'll know who they're hating.

Everything a parent chooses to do in their life will forever haunt their kids.

I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.

I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.

I like to have fun, but I don't have a lot of time for myself. I do have eight kids!

Having a baby changes your life, for sure, as most parents know. It changes in a good way.

Women should be honest about the fact that although having a baby is wonderful, it can be hard.

Our life is all about the choices we make, and when I was looking for a mate for life, I really was looking for someone who was a family man, somebody who would embrace my girls as much as they were going to embrace me. I guess I just wasn't finished having children yet.

When I first knew I was having children, I thought I wanted boys, but then I thought I'd be better with girls. I'm quite sensitive, and you get more cuddles with girls. And they like their dads.

Having children makes you see the world in a completely different way. When you're responsible for those little lives, you can't slough it off or forget about it until later.

I agree with my mother that having children removes a layer of skin that you never grow back.

You're going to figure it out, as you go. I think that's how people feel about having children, as well. You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it.

No one I know is actually so rude as to tell me I've become duller since having children. But I'm sure they think it.

Especially since having children, a lot of the time if you ask me, 'Have you read that book?' the answer would be 'not personally.'

It's about self-sacrifice. Since having children, I've worked, but I've maintained the balance of being at home as well.

If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.

When you have a child, you have to have a hawk eye. You have to be with the child all the time.

There are millions of working parents out there just keeping their heads above water.

Parents, of course, have concerns and 'say,' but they don't have the right to shield their children from knowledge. That is not a right, any more than they have the right to shield their children from healthcare or medicine.

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

I think it's heartbreaking when your kids go public and make accusations that aren't true, you know, not just about me as a parent, but also about my relationship.

Believe me, I don't let my kids run wild. They are all such good kids with good hearts. They make me so proud!