Quotes About Parenting

Any time your child is sick, if it's a cold or if they get a scratch or whatever it is, it's hard.

You're supposed to put the child in their own room at six weeks. I don't think your child should ever sleep with you.

There is no rule on how your child will grow, and there will be a surprise on daily basis.

Our father bought us 'Hound Dog' by Elvis and 'Long Tall Sally' by Little Richard, so those were the first records we owned. I don't know what his inspiration was for doing that... They weren't the kind of records you usually bought as educational tools for your child.

You parents of the wilful and the wayward! Don't give them up. Don't cast them off. They are not utterly lost. The Shepherd will find his sheep. They were His before they were yours - long before He entrusted them to your care; and you cannot begin to love them as He loves them.

There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

My parenting philosophy pretty much boils down to this: I love my kids; I tolerate yours. Mine just make common, age-appropriate mistakes - phases, let's call them - while your kids are completely undisciplined and probably need counseling.

If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.

Some of the first questions that people ask new moms is, 'Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?' or 'Are you still breastfeeding?' and if their baby is sleeping through the night or still breastfeeding and yours isn't, you immediately judge yourself and want to know what they are doing to get yourself on the same page.

Never mess with other people's kids. You will never win. It's the child's word against yours and they have parental reinforcements as back-up. You just can't triumph.

It is the duty of every parent, citizens, yours and mine to strengthen among boys the sense of respect towards women.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.

Mum snuck me into speech and drama classes and into the National Youth Theatre and said I was going on a summer camp if Dad asked.

I am connected to youth through my two daughters.

I could have probably raised them in L.A. and they would have been great and had so many things at their fingertips and been exposed to so many things. But we travel a lot, so I don't think that moving out of town is sheltering the girls at all. Maybe protecting them a little bit more, trying to prolong their youth.

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

The problems of rebellious youth can be traced to homes where the mother disobeyed the father or showed lack of respect for his authority.

My 11-year-old thinks I'm cool because he watches things I've made on YouTube.

My oldest grew up on Disney, but my youngest is all about Snapchat and YouTube.

And if my 10-year-old is Googling or looking on YouTube then she's got to do it in a room where we're present. We've put all the child safety settings in place, but you still can't predict what might turn up on a YouTube or Google search.

Here's a trick to giving the birds-and-bees talk: You gotta do it in a car, so they can't escape. That's what all my girlfriends' parents did.

I grew up with three kids in the family, and it's definitely a little extra tricky having that third kid.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.