Famous Parenting Quotes

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk"

"Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child"

"Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up"

Tina Turner, Musician

"Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being"

Miriam Makeba, Musician

"I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother"

Theodore Hesburgh, Clergyman

"There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom"

Marie Osmond, Musician

"My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education"

John H. Johnson, Businessman

"Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being"

Evan Bayh, Politician

"How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted"

Voltaire, Writer

"We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process"

John F. Kennedy, President

"The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy"

Kamisese Mara, Statesman

"A mother who is really a mother is never free"

Honore de Balzac, Novelist

"My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it"

Quentin Crisp, Writer

"The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it"

Russell Baker, Journalist

"The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus"

Todd Tiahrt, Politician

"I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours"

Rita Rudner, Comedian

"Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating"

Bob Filner, Politician

"My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything"

Isabelle Huppert, Actress

"Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there"

Robert Cormier, Author

"I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house; they want places to play"

Beverly Cleary, Author

"Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy"

Liam Neeson, Actor

"I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence"

Brooke Shields, Actress

"Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine"

Allan Bloom, Philosopher

"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going"

Phyllis Diller, Comedian

"Education, like neurosis, begins at home"

Milton R. Sapirstein, Physicist

"Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out"

Matthew Broderick, Actor

"Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station"

Robbie Coltrane, Actor

"Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church"

Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist

"Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice"

Ryan Phillippe, Actor

"I figure that if the children are alive when I get home, I've done my job"

Roseanne Barr, Actress

"I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos"

Jill Clayburgh, Actress

"I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood"

Susie Bright, Writer

"I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home"

Robert Orben, Entertainer

"Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness"

Alan Thicke, Actor

"There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them"

Anthony Edwards, Actor

"There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children"

Andrew Shue, Actor

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