Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children"

Paul Weyrich, Critic

"People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed"

Mary Wortley Montagu, Writer

"I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world, because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves"

Leah Ward Sears, Judge

"I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day"

Tom Berenger, Actor

"When I see that my geek may have contained some of the best parts of me, when I love and appreciate him, I set my children free to see themselves as lovable however they are"

Kenny Loggins, Musician

"Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits"

Kenny Loggins, Musician

"If my children were hungry, I should think I would steal to feed them"

Ian Smith, Politician

"CBS started to confiscate our packages and mail as a safety procedure. A lot of packages that people send for the holidays and to our kids, we can't open. A lot of times they are from overseas. It's very upsetting at times"

Hunter Tylo, Actress

"I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors"

Ewan McGregor, Actor

"We need to make sure that the fast-growing States and the balance of States in this country, have as much information as available, because I cannot imagine the pain as a parent myself, of having my child molested by someone in our schools"

Jon Porter, Politician

"For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age, when it goes to school"

Kate Bush, Musician

"So, not only am I panicking over the weekend if I need to know my lines, but also if, can I get the kids to the zoo. Can I even go to church? I was asking for certain things that would allow me to plan my life a little better"

Hunter Tylo, Actress

"We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world"

Christopher Eccleston, Actor

"Often, as a child, you see someone with a learning disability or Down's Syndrome, and my mum and dad were always very quick to explain exactly what was going on and to be, in their own way, inclusive and welcoming"

Christopher Eccleston, Actor

"My children are the focal point of my life. I was asking for a little more time to spend with them"

Hunter Tylo, Actress

"All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma"

Kazuo Ishiguro, Author

"I believed in raising my children as I had been raised"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"The world today is changing rapidly, and we are helping to make it better for our children's future"

Ginny B. Waite

"It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them"

Patricia Richardson, Actress

"I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist, and plan their play dates, and buy their clothes"

Patricia Richardson, Actress

"I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes, and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut"

Josh Lucas, Actor

"My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything"

Jack Bowman, Actor

"There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline"

Ricardo Montalban, Actor

"Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation"

Martha Beck, Author

"Once when I was 16, I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap"

Ashlee Simpson, Musician

"Hopefully this movie will help people understand that if a child is never given the tools to know how to love others and love and respect themselves, this is what happens"

Jami Gertz, Actress

"Babies act out when they're hungry, cold, tired. They do this for survival"

Marilu Henner, Actress

"Before we got married, I had tremendous ambition. Once we got married and I started having children, then I just thought that that was my real life. Steve was definitely more ambitious than I!"

Eydie Gorme, Musician

"If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"I believe that the first 8 years are most important, and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present"

Dirk Benedict, Actor

"I have three sons, and I think we're both fierce protectors of our children"

Jami Gertz, Actress

"When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it"

Kazuo Ishiguro, Author

"I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult, and now they're letting me procreate"

George Murray, Poet

"I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they're doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this Earth"

Evel Knievel, Entertainer

"To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare"

Goldie Hawn, Actress

"Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys"

Joe Lando, Actor

"At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses"

Ellen Key, Writer

"We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them"

Dora Russell, Celebrity

"I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics"

Bob Lilly, Athlete

"The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all"

Benjamin Spock, Scientist

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