Quotes About Parenting

I think I was born because my parents had two boys and wanted to give it one more go and try for a girl... they got me instead.

You just hope that your kids find what they love to do and abide by the law and make good decisions. The best you can do is instill such values in them.

I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.

I think, a lot of times, when you're a first-time mom, you just want to be so careful, and you overanalyze things sometimes. But I think your first instinct as a mother is always right.

My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.

I have no maternal instincts.

Kids don't come with instruction manuals. It's interesting, but after you have your kids, it's a blessing. It's not as hard as people may think it is.

You can be a great father if you are willing to let God use you as an instrument.

There was always a guitar hanging around the house when I was a kid. It was a much lower impact instrument than me playing the drums, which is what I really wanted to do. My mother put a stop to the drumming.

If I have taught my sons anything in life, it is to have integrity - to always tell the truth, and I believe they have.

Intellectual and emotional curiosity is what I hope I've taught my children.

My father made me who I am; he was incredibly intellectually generous.

I lost my father when I was 13 years old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.

People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world.

The things we do to our children - most of the evil in the world is not done with bad intentions but with the best intentions ever.

I have three kids, and I'm a coach for a lot of their sports, so I'm around them a lot, but I see friends of mine with older kids and they don't really interact so much, other than giving them a place to live.

When I was growing up in the '70s and '80s, by the time you were 16, you were kind of expected to be an adult. By the time we were 16 and able to drive, certainly by 17 or 18 and into college, you just had very little interaction with your parents.

Kids listen to everything on the Internet.

Several studies have shown that the regulation of food intake has its foundation in early eating experiences. If as a child your parents took control over most of your eating without respecting your preferences or hunger levels, you easily got the message

My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.

No. She only dates Jews—religious Jews—if she dates at all. Her oldest boy, Sammy, sometimes talks to me. He says she doesn't go out.

La preocupación de los padres por sus hijos es, por naturaleza, mucho más fuerte que la de los hijos por los padres.

Kids need you. They might be unfeeling and selfish and make you crave strong drink, in huge quantities, but they don't do it on purpose. Once

Mothers are generally starvers or feeders