Quotes About Children

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

It takes a lot to become a foster parent.

Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.

If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.

Being a parent is very important to me.

You're not a bad parent if you don't save for your kid's college because instead you had to choose to feed them and clothe them. Those things come first. They can go to school and do this thing called 'work' while they're in school.

There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.

Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.

People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and it is difficult, it can be very difficult, and it can be extremely healing.' That's what I have found, that the children are mirrors. Everyone is a mirror, but children especially because they're day and night and all day long.

As a parent, the most responsible thing I can do is get as much information about my children as possible so I can then think through how I can make them as healthy as possible.

In America we believe that every child, no matter where they live, who their family is, or what the color of their skin, is entitled to as good an education as the richest parent in America can give to their children.

I think every parent was horrified at what happened in Newtown, Conn.

I think any parent, at some time or other, has thoughts of their child dying. That's probably one of the worst things that could ever happen to a parent.

I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.

Becoming a parent is always going to be a default setting. I truly believe there will always be more people who want to have children than who don't.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to encourage your kids to eat well.

Like every parent, I cannot rest easy until my children are home safe at night.

I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.

As a parent myself, I can appreciate the MPAA and what they're supposed to do, but what happens with NC-17 is that the MPAA is basically taking away the rights of parents. They're basically telling me that I can't show my kids this movie if I decide they can see it.