Quotes About Parenting

My son is the most important person on the planet to me.

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.

I think one of the most important things I can give my children is the right to be themselves.

One of the most important things to do is to raise our kids in a respectful way with both genders.

One of the most important things that I want for my kids is I want them to live. You know, I want them to live to see 21 and beyond.

The most important things that children want from you are your time and love.

Like any doting parent, I believe the most important work we do is the way we bring up our children.

Most importantly, I want my kids to be happy. You're only as happy as your saddest kid.

Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family. Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters Meagan, Lauren and Lindsay. They will miss their mother dearly.

I'm a taskmaster. I was brought up that way, and I'm sure I imposed that on my kids.

My parents told us how they felt but never imposed their beliefs on us, although I appreciate I got a healthy sense of democracy from them.

It's impossible for a couple to bring up two children without having lots and lots of arguments.

When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

Having a kid now, I impress on him all the time how dangerous drugs are.

With Eli - and all of my sons - I wanted to impress that as they grow older, they are going to have important decisions to make and at decision time, you can't be 100% perfect, but try to evaluate things and do what's right.

Even the pre-schoolers are like, 'I watch you on The Jonas Brothers.' And my own kids. I have been in the greatest movies, even some for kids, and they were never impressed until I did 'Jonas L.A.'

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

My daughter has impressions that she does of me.

When I was training for the Chicago Marathon, I would eat a cup of cereal after an 18-mile long run, and then I'd have to get out the door with nothing but a granola bar in my hand. I can't change my busy schedule with my kids, but I can work harder to improve in this area. I think it's a part of training that most of us find difficult.

We have home movies of Chris playing the piano with Will on his lap. One of the things that made my life so full was putting Will to bed and hearing Chris downstairs improvising.

To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.

Scout has been on 95 flights before she was 1 years old. I remember in the beginning I felt guilty.

In the past, I never gave money to my children when they were young in return for nothing. When one of them approached me to give them cash, I asked them to do some work in exchange for it.

My in-laws don't let me do much household chores so maximum of time is devoted to my four-year-old son Kabir.