Quotes About Nurturing

Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

The best thing I probably do is - I'll say I'm a pretty darn good parent. I got good kids.

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

When you become a parent, you start loving diapers.

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.

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore.

It is good to be a young father, a young parent. You have that energy, and you are growing up with them.

It is always fragile, being a parent.

What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

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

I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have the blueprints of what not to do... I think I'd be a good parent, actually.

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

Being a parent is very important to me.

Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.

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.

The way that you parent, you ease into every stage.

Men and women have defined roles, and it's the responsibility of a parent to make sure they know which way to go; otherwise, a child would feed themselves with their feet without the correct guidance.

I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.

It's an advantage to have two parents, but to have one parent to stay closely connected and at home during those early years of education can be very very important.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be.