Quotes About Parenting

Teach by example and treat yourself the way you would want your children to treat themselves.

I was put into this business by my parents as soon as I could walk. I was groomed by them for this business. I didn't wake up at the early ages of 5 or 6 and say I want to be a star.

Having children has made me incredibly efficient. It's hard to leave them in the mornings, but I'm extremely productive during the day, knowing I want to be fully focused on them when I get home.

I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.

You're supposed to look a certain way when you're a celebrity, but I want to take care of my baby, and those two things don't mesh very well.

I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.

To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.

I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don't necessarily want them to be there

I started working at clubs when I was sixteen, which is young. I would not want my kid doing that, but I did, and that's how it went.

Yeah, my dad bought me a guitar when I was like 10, and I didn't really want it then.

I mostly make R-rated movies. To make a movie that one day if I have kids or my nephews want t watch, I can show them without being put in prison. It would be really nice.

If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

I have to go back to vinyl every once in awhile, even if my kids don't want to hear it. I'm much more likely to be listening to Wilco or the Avett Brothers.

We make them [kids] earn the stuff they want. They're not going to play with their iPad today unless they do their chores.

Kids don't seem to recognize when they're hungry until they're starving and in the emergency zone, so I'm like, "Who wants some apple slices and cheese?"

Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.

I don't have prejudices. I'm against taboos. But of course there are some things I'll never touch - because as a mom, there are things one doesn't want their children to be around.

I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.

At the end of the day, all I want to do is protect my kids.

Children need to grow up and make their own decisions - how they want to pierce their bodies or do whatever they need to.

I think everyone wants for their kids the good things that they had.

I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.

I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.