Quotes About Parenting

I didn't want my son to see the same things I had seen growing up or have to go through the same things I went through.

I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.

I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.

I wasn't available to do the right things for my son. If not for the arts, my child would've been lost.

Me and my son's mother, we've been divorced for a while,but we've been really great parents. We're good friends. We're very relaxed when it comes to our son's time with one another. We have an open door.

Before I had a son, I used to look at my father's example: he left me, he left my mother. When I had a son, I got caught in the same situation that his mother don't want me to see him. I started looking at my father in a different light.

Now my favourite pastime is to take a bath with my son.

I want to have an impact on my son.

My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about.

When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

I always think about when I was a kid, and I didn't have anything, and now I get to see my son live a good life.

I want to see my daughter get married, I want to see my son get married, graduate high school, college.

When I look at old pictures, I see my son Luciano, not me. Luciano looks identical. That's what's extraordinary, the power of a gene pool.

There's no doubt Matt Leinart loves his son very much.

I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.

I love my son, but I was never there for him, so I understand why he hates me.

I always said that I would provide for my son differently to how I was provided for from my father. That was my desire when I was 20 and not even playing in League One.

I don't want him to hurt himself. I don't want him to choke on something. You're just so concerned for them, and it hurts you. It's so alarming, man. I feel it for the people around me, but it's deeper for my son. Only a parent would understand.

My son makes me want to be better so that I can be there for him.

It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.

I do not have a son; if I had a son, I wouldn't necessarily discourage him from playing football, but I don't know that I would encourage him to play, either.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

I'd also say having Jack's son Chris living with us from his 13th year on helped in raising Rick.

I try to get them working. My older son is 10 and he's pretty interested. We had a dinner party the other night and he helped a lot. He helped peel asparagus; he hung out. It was great.