Quotes About Parenting

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.

Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.

Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will f--- you up, every time.

Never argue with a mother who's scolding her child.

My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving.

I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

I want to be more successful as a mother than I am in show business.

My mother was a teacher. She was grooming my brother and me to be successful, accomplished people.

When you're a father in a marriage, you sort of become the mother's assistant. And you sort of get a list from her every day and you run down the list and it feels very much like a chore.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

To be a visionary parent, we need to keep working on ourselves, becoming forever new and improved.

Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.

Attend your children's athletic events. There's nothing better than watching your child succeed while absolutely loving the opportunity to play in front of you.

I would give up, but that will teach my kids that it's okay to be a failure and I refuse to ruin their lives like that!

Pour good into your children and they will become some flavor of right

Some people grow up with issues because they did not have their parents around growing up, many others have issues because their parents were around growing up

I would like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers