Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better"

Jaclyn Smith, Actress

"The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work"

William Masters, Scientist

"He just was being four. He just was being a child. He wasn't interested in what my agenda was. He wanted to do what he wanted to do, and it started because he saw the lights on in Toys R Us"

Nia Long, Actress

"The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have"

Kevin Eubanks, Musician

"Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young"

Jaclyn Smith, Actress

"Playtime and toys are good for kids, or they wouldn't buy them. McDonald's can provide that experience. And having dinner with the family is good for kids"

Jim Cantalupo, Businessman

"Kids are a great excuse for you to stop acting like one"

Michael Madsen, Actor

"I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids"

Carrie Underwood, Musician

"And so much of my life has been about returning home and longing for home, wanting my children to know about my roots. And I thought I can't be the only one to feel this way, so I thought it would be an interesting topic to explore"

Sela Ward, Actress

"It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol"

Xavier Becerra, Politician

"I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going"

Ronnie Spector, Musician

"Children need continuity as they grow and learn"

Thomas Menino, Politician

"I wouldn't even hold my kids sometimes because I didn't want them to spit up on me when I was dressed for an awards show"

Lauryn Hill, Musician

"I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling, because for them, it's as serious as when something happens in our day, and we get upset about it"

Nia Long, Actress

"Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence"

Jenna Elfman, Actress

"When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety"

Robert Evans, Director

"My mother and father, Joe and Theresa Montana, brought me along and taught me to never quit, and to strive to be the best"

Joe Montana, Athlete

"All of my judges will want to welcome every child into the world, give them a place at the table"

Gary Bauer, Public Servant

"That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it"

Taylor Dayne, Musician

"Would not the child's heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?"

Max Muller, Educator

"Your children don't have to fear you to respect you"

Michael Madsen, Actor

"I was brought up by two people who just said, whatever it is you're interested in, go do it. There is no winning or losing. You find out when you do it what the experience is"

Kurt Russell, Actor

"I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through"

Kevin Bacon, Actor

"What a child doesn't receive, he can seldom later give"

P. D. James, Novelist

"You know, why don't you take him off all this stuff you have him hopped up on, all this garbage that we're feeding him, all this sugar and caffeine, and then see what happens?"

Morgan Spurlock, Director

"Find a good teacher, as I found for my sons. I feel the worst thing you can do is to try and teach your own children yourself, because there is a natural rebellion that occurs"

Keith Emerson, Musician

"Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I've been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children"

Roma Downey, Actress

"I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds"

Robbie Coltrane, Actor

"I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do"

Keith Emerson, Musician

"I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety, and held me back just a little"

Dan O'Brien, Athlete

"We live in a society today where these children can be wanted children. Even if you don't want to keep this child after you've had it, there's plenty of young couples out there, that want children"

Norma McCorvey, Celebrity

"There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep"

John Irving, Novelist

"It seems to me that since I've had children, I've grown richer and deeper. They may have slowed down my writing for a while, but when I did write, I had more of a self to speak from"

Anne Tyler, Novelist

"My kids enjoy the Disney program, Lizzy McGuire"

Sela Ward, Actress

"You help families focus on the future through their children"

Sam Worthington, Actor

"All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are"

Bob Ney, Politician

"Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent"

Victor Garber, Actor

"My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent"

Victor Garber, Actor

"It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them"

Gina Philips, Actress

"There are some family traditions I don't want my children to carry on"

Lorna Luft, Actress

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