Quotes About Parenting

I got introduced to audiobooks because of having a baby.

It's very, very difficult because we're living in a world where they invent things in order to hide things from parents. There are these secret creator app guys who make things to intentionally do that, to keep your parents in the dark, and you've really got to work extra-hard to stay on top of it.

About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.

When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health and education.

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

I have 9 children; I'm a big believer in childhood education, but we've got to be smart about getting a good return on the investment of those dollars.

I hate it when I have to abandon my children. I politely turn down most of the invitations I get from abroad and try to fly only when it's absolutely necessary.

When you put a camera in your kid's bedroom, you're literally inviting the entire connected world, the entire Internet into your child's safe space, if you will.

When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

The iPad is the greatest thing as far as kids.

I have an iPhone, but that's just because I need to take pictures of my 5- and 8 1/2-year-old kids. It becomes quite easily an addiction for people who aren't even aware that they're addicted.

I'm just an old Irish guy who believes if you have children, you need to be there to raise them.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I'm still scared of the dark. I have to have a light on all night. It's completely irrational, and my son is the same. I just hate the dark.

My daughter, when she was still in utero, she had, they call it atrial flutters. It's kind of like an irregular heartbeat. But when you're in utero, it's real hard to detect and also to treat.

I personally do not believe I'm irresponsible.

If you are irresponsible as a parent and don't know what your kids are watching, that's your problem. It's not the creator's duty to create every show in a way that a six-year-old can watch it.

All my mother ever wanted to talk about was what she hated about my father and the times he cheated on her when he was younger. It really irritated me, and I told them they had to sort things out between themselves. Looking back on that, I see that it was really cold of me as a son.

The father-mother family with two children isolated in a city flat is already insufficient.

I would say my dad wanted to keep his kids isolated from social influences like going to school and making friends.

The No. 1 issue in the Hispanic American community is 'How do I leave my children better off than myself?

My kids are deep. My daughter plays music. My son, Black Jack, doesn't forget anything.

The main thing I learned in jail was how much I love my kids, that I never want to be away from them again.

When I was born, my father was in jail. He only had me because it was going to get him a lesser jail sentence... that's exactly... he told me that.