Quotes About Parenting

My mom insisted on multigrain bread and never allowed soda in the house.

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

We don't always know exactly what we're doing as parents. Children don't come with instruction manuals, as the saying goes. So it's important to me that I always question the choices I'm making as a father, to really stay alert and open to the balance between being too hard or too soft.

My dad never told me he loved me, he didn't give me cuddles. He was my biggest critic all the time. I am a totally different father, I kiss and cuddle my kids every day and tell them I love them, which is terrible because I am making them too soft.

My dad is the softer one and my mum is the disciplinarian, the one who calls the shots.

Unfortunately, it's the new normal to get divorced - and divorced with children is its own soil rich with land mines. There's a lot of comedy but a lot of heartache, too.

I'm their sole parent, and there is nothing more important than being the best father I can be.

Growing up, I didn't come from a musical family. Neither of my parents played an instrument, sang out loud, or listened to the radio with frequency. The record collection in the living room was only about 2 feet long - and that included 4 solid inches of Neil Diamond and Herb Alpert.

All I can say is this: what I'm doing with children is good, solid common sense.

Solo parenting is harder than Premier football. It's mentally tough.

I have never felt oppressed by women or that feminism is a problem. I do think boys find it hard to like things seen as feminine. I want my son not to feel self-conscious he likes ballet and my daughter to carry on playing Han Solo; that's all.

I know when I'm at full capacity, and two children is full capacity for me. If I had three or four, especially as a solo parent, it's a guarantee that I would inadvertently forget to sign at least one of them up for school, or send them off with no transcripts or emergency contacts.

I have a baby in the house, for any parent it is challenging knowing that you have to find different solutions daily, different routines daily.

Is it fair to have a bunch of kids help solve your emotional issues? Of course not.

Your children should know that you're always there for them, and that they can call on you when needed. But give them the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.

It's so funny because as a parent you kind of just fall into your roles. Nate loves to change a diaper more than anybody should because he knows he's instantly solved something. I'm the one that's up all night and in the morning because I need barely any sleep.

Some men don't want to be responsible fathers. It's easier to say 'Let's just turn the kids over to the state.' Women end up bearing the entire load, raising kids alone without a husband to share the parenting.

If I could embed a locator chip in my child right now, I know I would do that. Some people call that Big Brother; I call it being a father.

Some people are good with children. Others are not. It is a gift. You either have it, or you don't. My father didn't.

Some people aren't great with babies, or they're not great with a smaller child - it's not that they're bad mothers.

Our family has dinner together every night - you can tell that my daughter wants to run. After dinner, I go up to my room and immediately put on my pajamas. I mean, immediately. I read some things that I haven't read yet, and I jump into bed.

There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself.

There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself. Recognize yourself. And that's kind of what happened with me - I realized, in a few places, I was going down the wrong path.

I vaccinate my kids on most things, but then there are some things where I'm like, 'This may not work for me and my values and my family.'