Quotes About Parenting

We always like to keep our children in a kind of bubble and censor the bad news about the world. We like to tell them the world is full of benevolent, nice people.

My dream is that my kids grow up into nice people; that's my dream.

Only a niche section of parents allow their children to take up courses on film and television.

My dad sat me in front of the TV, and instead of putting on Nick Jr. or something, he put me in front of 'Jailhouse Rock' and all the Elvis movies.

Nick is 11 and a half years younger than I am, so his mom is only, like, 11 or 12 years older than me. I didn't call her Mrs. Offerman because that would be weird because we're, like, the same age, so I think I went straight to Cathy, but there's a mom element, and his parents are so great.

As a child, I lived in Germany at the Ramstein air force base, where my dad sang at a nightclub in Kaiserslautern. My parents couldn't afford a babysitter, so when I was, like, ten or 11, I would go with them to the bar until two in the morning.

Yeah, it's every parent's worst nightmare, to lose connection with your children, to not fully engage with them or have an understanding of what crowd of people they're mixing with, what they are watching online.

I was every mother's nightmare - I was a hair model from 14, and I started coming home with red, blue, green hair.

Each job I do is a bit of a logistical nightmare because of the kids, so I always feel like I need a good rest afterwards.

It's much easier being a father to girls. Boys are just horrible. Then girls come into their own around 12 when they're nightmares too.

My dad worked nights mostly and while we were growing up, and my mother also worked, so there were times where, when it was just the two of us at home, and, you know, they gave us a pretty long leash, actually.

My son is 14, and I only have this time with him. True, it's not like before when I couldn't explain to a little boy why I can't read him his bedtime story six nights a week. And he's even said to me, 'Mom, if you want to do a show somewhere, you should go.'

It's lonely being stuck in a hotel in London for two nights. Even a couple of nights away from the children is awful.

Before I had kids, I looked at every other parent and thought: 'They have kids, they go to work and have nights out and look happy.' But I didn't realise that you think about your kids 24/7 when you aren't with them.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

I've seen so many kids walking to school with these massive high energy drinks, and they are nine or 10. I'm like, 'What?' It was a treat for me. It is still a treat for my family.

My father had nine children, and when I had my first, he said, 'None of my kids got up in the middle of the night.' And I remember thinking, 'You didn't get up in the middle of the night! Every kid gets up in the middle of the night!'

Being my own boss means I'm a nine-to-five dad Monday to Friday, it's the best thing ever. It's the most difficult, insane, wonderful job you could ever do, but it's more important to hang out with your daughter.

My parents both made it to ninth grade and then dropped out, so I just want to have that higher education so when I have kids one day I'll be able to tell them and I'll be a better role model for them.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

No doubt there are dangers involved in letting children go online unsupervised.

Life when I'm not shooting is always about the kids, there's no doubt.

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea.

And if it's a boy, I will be really nervous because I have no idea what to do with a boy because I am a girl and I have a girl!