Quotes About Parenting

Once I said to my mother: 'You would be happy if I just kept well-dressed and had good manners,' and she said: 'What else is there?'

I had the opportunity to be around my kids a lot. I guess I could have kept working, but I had them when I was 47. You only get to see all this stuff once. I just chose to work at home and watch them.

My parents kept me very grounded.

People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents.

I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.

It's hard to think of yourself as a brand, especially when I have four daughters who kick my butt early in the morning every day before I go to work.

My father kicked me out of the house by the time I was 16.

I never want my kids to feel like I'm just some housewife who was just kicking it with my husband, because that's not the kind of woman that I am.

Having a baby dragged me, kicking and screaming, from the world of self-absorption.

Parents have got to chill out. Let your kid eat dirt - they're gonna be fine!

You know, you've got to be careful with how you educate your kids in rock'n'roll fashion.

My kids give me the balance to live right.

I just want to be there for my kids.

You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

A day with my kids is the best day.

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

My kids are my greatest achievement.

I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.

My greatest fear is that I'll fail my kids.

Just because I'm a lot wealthier now doesn't mean I want my kids to grow up differently to how I did.

When you have kids, it limits you. That was a choice I made.

Having kids, you can't function with a hangover.

I'm a dedicated father - a hopeless, dedicated father. I mean, I am dork dad. I am just - I love my children. I have kids - you know, Joey's 30-something, and then I have all the way down to 4 years old, believe it or not. At my age, five kids.