Quotes About Parenting

When you become a parent, you start loving diapers.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

Not everyone's a perfect parent, but we do learn, and we grow from that. I'm not trying to be harsh on my family because it does make them sad to think back about how they used to be and some of their choices.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

I am not a team player, including my inadequacies as a parent.

I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.

I am a very easy-going father at home - I am more of a friend than a parent.

It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day.

I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her.

My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.

Ask any parent what we want for our children, and invariably we say 'a better life.' To that end, we give our time, our sleep, our money, and our dreams, much as our parents did before us. We all want a better life for our children. But what we want for them ceases to matter if we leave them an unlivable world.

What the Chinese parent is conveying to the child is not that 'you've got to get A's or else I won't like you.' On the contrary, it's, 'I believe in you so much, I know that you can be excellent.'

I am very blessed to have this experience of being a parent, but do not negate me from this industry because I am a parent.

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from.

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.

You know, I think becoming a parent has really changed the way that I feel impacted by what's going on in the world around me.

Our father always made us work. I think that's the greatest thing a parent could ever do.

I think that once you become a parent, you cease to think of yourself as a hero or heroine.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it's about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn't. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don't take what they have for granted.

You can imagine what a dorm room environment is to a CF parent. It's like, oh my God. It's crazy.

When a child is out of control, he or she needs you, the parent, to make them feel safe.