Quotes About Parenting

As a kid, I know that most of my parents' friends were because my mom made friends with them, and my dad went along. I know a lot of dads who do that. I think it just starts to happen with guys. In the case of my father, he was probably just too busy reading books about Titanic.

I knew 'Mars Needs Moms! ' would be a movie seconds after the title came to mind. Similarly, I also knew that my daughter would be calling me a dork as a default term of endearment eventually.

I had two little daughters - I think they were 7 and 4 at the time - and I said, 'I'll write you a story. What do you want it to be about?' One of them said 'a princess' and the other one said 'a bride.' I said, 'That'll be the title.'

In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.

The sacred title of 'father' is shared with the Almighty.

Regardless of any title I'll ever hold, the most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.

I am a coach. I don't have to have a title. I have five children that need guidance.

Because you give birth, because you impregnate someone, that does not automatically give you that title of mother or father. You earn the title.

You earn the title 'parent.' I have done absolutely nothing to earn that title.

To be honest, I wish I had more mom friends.

Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest.

I was an overly young father, is the most polite way of putting it. I think I was rather immature and all I can say is that I think I've made a much better grandfather... I don't think I was ready to be a father to be honest.

My dad is my everything. He always had the craziest speeches for Kylie and me growing up, good words to live by.

I am so lucky to have really good parents. They didn't hesitate to let us go to L.A. They didn't hesitate, because they knew that they raised their kids the right way: to be able to live by themselves and not get caught up by L.A.

You should be an example for your children. I show my three children what I am and expect them to live by certain controls. But, by the grace of god, they are good kids.

No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

If your mother did not know how to love herself, or your father did not know how to love himself, then it would be impossible for them to teach you to love yourself. They were doing the best they could with what they had been taught as children.

I have encouraged my kids to eat well from day one. I add flavor - herbs and spices - to everything because I don't want them getting used to starchy, bland food. I also want them to experiment - they don't have to love everything, but they do have to try it.

What we need is for people to realize - 'I want to raise my kid. I want to go back and get my three kids. I want to take on that responsibility. I want to love my children.'

With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.

The hardest part of this whole ordeal is not knowing if your children are getting what they need to survive.

I think my dad really wanted me to survive the world. He knew as a psychologist how difficult the world is, and I think he wanted me to be tough.

Even if I'm gone all day, breakfast is the one meal I always cook for my kids. I make French toast, oatmeal, or an egg burrito.

Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.