Quotes About Parenting

Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one.

My only expectation, which I tell my kids very, very often, is that they follow their heart.

That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family.

My children are largely unimpressed with what I do for a living. I wouldn't have it any other way.

I would love every dad to experience paternity or just time off to enjoy the special moments and build a lasting relationship with their children.

My sons are black, and my daughter is Latina.

I've known my son was going to be in law enforcement from the time he could walk and talk. That's all he's ever wanted and that's kind of your role as parent is to honor who your children really are.

Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.

The best feeling in the world is when you child just comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because.

Don't just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

I try to make my daughter laugh often. I try to do lots of playdates and be part of her life. It's something I've learnt, because I think I saw my father laugh three times.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

If you have children, you worry about the world you're leaving them.

My parents never really lecture me.

I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.

I would trust Lennon not only to babysit my child but to raise them. Literally, that's who I would want to raise my child.

You see things through a different lens when you have a child.

My parents were young and liberal and knew I was going to drink anyway, so they let me do it at home.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

But I'm quite liberal as a dad.

My son's going to have a job, and if he wants to get a car when he gets his license, he's going to pay for it on his own like I did.

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

Our lifestyle was not in any way a negative. That was not the problem. That is and will remain one of the wonderful opportunities we are able to give our children.