Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists"

Phyllis Schlafly, Activist

"Enrolling your child in a recreational sport sponsored by your neighborhood recreation community centers is a great way to keep kids active"

Lee Haney, Athlete

"I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into"

Hector Elizondo, Actor

"If it is a first offense, you ground them and have a talk. The second offense would call for counseling"

Alan Thicke, Actor

"I now need to take a very aggressive approach to having a baby"

Connie Chung, Journalist

"About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load"

Alan Thicke, Actor

"My two boys were the same ages as the kids in the show. In real life or in between the breaks I was raising two kids off camera who were not unlike the two kids who were being paid to be my kids"

Alan Thicke, Actor

"Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor one's parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child"

Alice Miller, Psychologist

"If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others"

Haim Ginott, Teacher

"Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder"

Alice Miller, Psychologist

"The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves"

Alice Miller, Psychologist

"I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me"

Geraldo Rivera, Journalist

"We've got to work to save our children, and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it"

Dorothy Height, Activist

"I love to read, I love to watch movies, and I love to be with my children"

Cornelia Funke, Author

"Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make"

Jane Fonda, Actress

"Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker"

Christy Turlington, Model

"I believe that the fight against crime starts in the home. Parents must take responsibility for their children and show them love and guidance from an early age so they learn to respect the rights of others"

Blanche Lincoln, Politician

"I never understand why people have children and then insist on living as though nothing has shifted"

Christy Turlington, Model

"Whether it's making sure that families have access to quality health care and child care, or making sure that our children receive the best educational opportunities we can give them, we must remain committed to these needs because our children are our future"

Blanche Lincoln, Politician

"Parenting is the most important job on the planet, next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways"

Dennis Miller, Comedian

"Well, I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"Ryan and I didn't grow up like this at all, with this much attention. We'll just try to keep their feet on the ground and raise them with the values we were raised with"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"I read while the kids play. I can see them from the kitchen window. And I'm a fast reader"

Reese Witherspoon, Actress

"Having children with someone is the real bond"

Francesca Annis, Actress

"This was a result of a number of factors, but we do know that the messages kids get about the harms of drugs has a significant impact on their decision on whether or not to use"

John Walters, Musician

"Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - If you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them"

John Walters, Musician

"Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do"

John Walters, Musician

"You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of"

John Walters, Musician

"We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life"

John Walters, Musician

"Much of my reading time over the last decade and a half has been spent reading aloud to my children. Those children's bedtime rituals of supper, bath, stories, and sleep have been a staple of my life and some of the best, most special times I can remember"

Louise Brown, Celebrity

"The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them"

Bruno Bettelheim, Writer

"Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science"

Bruno Bettelheim, Writer

"Not only is our love for our children sometimes tinged with annoyance, discouragement, and disappointment,, the same is true for the love our children feel for us"

Bruno Bettelheim, Writer

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

Lynn Johnston, Cartoonist

"What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?"

O. J. Simpson, Athlete

"Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience"

Lexa Doig, Actress

"Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're just getting interested in it and someone comes along and goes 'I want Thomas the Tank Engine on', and screams the place down until you put it on"

Jo Brand, Comedian

"I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house, not be able to leave"

Elizabeth Hurley, Actress

"With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get"

Jo Brand, Comedian

"The ukulele was the first of many instruments they had bought for me. They got me a guitar when I was eleven, which my son Morgan uses until this day. They paid for 3 years of guitar lessons; they bought me a bass fiddle, which I still play"

Tony Visconti, Musician

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