Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them"

Joan Collins, Actress

"Hopefully the new breed of kids won't have to go through that hard lesson - my kids, my grandkids, my fans' kids, hopefully they won't have to go through it"

Lawrence Taylor, Athlete

"The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid"

Juliette Lewis, Actress

"My kids are so much better parent than I was"

Dick Van Dyke, Actor

"So, as my kids will tell you, they had a pretty normal life"

Dick Van Dyke, Actor

"After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind"

John Ratzenberger, Actor

"It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore"

Annie Lennox, Musician

"And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?"

Bob Geldof, Actor

"I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well!"

Annie Lennox, Musician

"The only way I could relax was when I was with my children"

Andrew Wiles, Mathematician

"You know, my children go to a local, local Catholic school just down the road"

John Deacon, Musician

"Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!"

Jeanne Calment, Celebrity

"All babies are beautiful"

Jeanne Calment, Celebrity

"We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives. Mankind's greatest gift, also its greatest curse, is that we have free choice. We can make our choices built from love or from fear"

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Psychologist

"I think that any young child or teenager, you take a lot from your parents when you're growing up"

Sydney Sweeney, Actress

"People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"The best feeling in the world is when your child comes up to you and lays their head in your lap, for no other reason but just because. I can't wait to have more"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"Two great things you can give your children: one is roots, the other is wings"

Hodding Carter, Journalist

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings"

Hodding Carter, Journalist

"My kids get everything they want and are raised well"

Suge Knight, Producer

"We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically"

Alan Thicke, Actor

"Children reinvent your world for you"

Susan Sarandon, Actress

"To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"Lie detection is like language; there is a learning window. Telling whoppers to small children seems to be a family tradition in many families"

Keith Henson, Scientist

"I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict, and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing"

Ozzy Osbourne, Musician

"We put so much pressure on kids to excel in school at such a young age"

Bruce Jenner, Athlete

"If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach"

Bruce Jenner, Athlete

"It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future"

Kent Conrad, Politician

"I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them"

Kevin Costner, Actor

"I have a very open line of communication with both my children"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child"

Gloria Estefan, Musician

"What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it"

Marlee Matlin, Actress

"These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect"

Tipper Gore, Celebrity

"The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals"

Ralph Steadman, Cartoonist

"Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved guilty of some crime that would drive the parent into a depression, maybe a suicidal depression"

Robert Nozick, Philosopher

"Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent"

Lee Haney, Athlete

"Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

"I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life"

Willie Stargell, Athlete

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