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Quotes About Parenting

He could not elucidate it any further for her, and they drove on to the big hardware store. It had only a few customers, and very few assistants. They left the baby in the car and went through to the gardening department, and searched some time for an assistant
~ Nevil Shute
What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Can I have a Happy Meal? don't you think you're getting a little old for that? I'm only seven, Dad.
~ Nicholas Sparks
I'm not going to live with you! a small voice shouted from the kitchen doorway. Beth looked past Keith to see Ben, his expression horrified. Ben started to back away. I'm not going to do it!
~ Nicholas Sparks
As he lay on the couch, he reflected that he wanted to be the same kind of father someday.
~ Nicholas Sparks
That's what parenting is all about. Doing the best you can while being terrified of screwing up. Kids
~ Nicholas Sparks
Having kids means taking care of them, raising them, loving and supporting them, and none of those things have anything to do with who makes them one night in the bedroom or the experience of being pregnant
~ Nicholas Sparks
daddies ain't worth much if they don't worry just a little.
~ Nicholas Sparks
Thrown under the bus by my own kids. I just can't believe it." "I wouldn't throw you under the bus, Daddy," Kristen said seriously. "Thank you, sweetie.
~ Nicholas Sparks
I was told that I should never lie or cheat or steal, for instance, but my father—a sometimes Jew, he called himself back then—was far more likely to focus on the practical. Never go out in the rain without a hat, he would tell me. Never touch a stove burner, on the off chance it still might be hot. I was warned that I should never count the money in my wallet in public, or buy jewelry from a man on the street
~ Nicholas Sparks
I knew that my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me. Never once had he raised his hand in anger
~ Nicholas Sparks
My little one's only 12 and I miss seeing him grow up and trying to form him and mould him the way I'd like him to him to turn out, which is something like his dad!
~ Kurt Maflin
I have four boys and one girl. My daughter is my only little girl and I just love her to death. I can't even fix my mouth to tell her 'no' for anything.
~ Dwight Henry
I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.
~ Simon Le Bon
I can honestly say - not proudly, but honestly - before I had a child, I would see things on TV or hear the news, feel sad for the people and move forward with my day. Now I see everything through a mother's eyes.
~ Marissa Jaret Winokur
In the mornings, I try to spend anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes with my son. Failing that, I try for 30 to 60 minutes together at the end of the day. I try to make that work, but if I can't, I just move on. You can't beat yourself up about it.
~ Marianne Lake
I was worried about managing my time among shooting and with my son Kabir. He is yet small and needs me most of the time. But Yash wanted me to move on and get back to shoots. But I was nervous before starting shoots with my comeback show 'Ishqbaaz.'
~ Amrapali Gupta
I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids.
~ Derek Jeter
Movie stars today are as greedy for additional kids as bankers are for bonuses. It's the new badge of authenticity.
~ Tina Brown
My parents were obsessed with us being normal kids, so I never knew movie stars. They didn't want us to be Hollywood brats.
~ Tony Goldwyn
I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.
~ Samantha Morton
We've watched 'Beauty and the Beast' at least 30 to 35 times, 'Moana,' 'Despicable Me' - '1,' '2' and '3' - all of these multiple times.
~ Erik Spoelstra
I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes.
~ John T. Chambers