Quotes About Parenting

Generally, crises were Mom's domain. Dad's job was to listen, nod, act curmudgeonly, and offer to pay for things.

I figure when my husband comes home from work, if the kids are still alive, then I've done my job.

These girls probably use double negatives and watch "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila" with their babies instead of reading Eric Carle.

Having a newborn you have to teach yourself what patience is or you'll go crazy.

Mothers should be very careful what type of boys and men they create, or allow to be created.

If we are not peaceful, if we are not feeling well in our skin, we cannot demonstrate real peace, and we cannot raise our children well either.

I can only bring peace to my children when I possess it myself.

Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

The moment you get pregnant, you're tortured by the fear of not doing it well. But I feel at peace with that right now.

Parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.

Learning from wolves to interact with pet dogs makes about as much sense as, 'I want to improve my parenting - let's see how the chimps do it!'

I tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog—cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way.

On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl.

To be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is.

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.

My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.

We raise predators by treating children as prey.

The old philosophy was that parents, especially mothers, caused their kids to become schizophrenic. Now we see that when a kid is this crazy, he'll make the family begin to seem crazy.

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.

The best music I have ever heard is the sound of my daughter's giggling.

You will never realize how precious a baby is until she keeps you awake through the whole night.

If you want kids, choose your girlfriend like your future child has the deciding vote.

Do Not Dictate a Child through Someone, it Ruins the Child's Experience.