Parenting: Parenting Quotes

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"If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring, and I think everyone had a commercial or two"

Danny Bonaduce, Actor

"One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad"

Jim DeMint, Politician

"Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate"

Jane Kaczmarek, Actress

"We must return optimism to our parenting, to focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities"

Fred G. Gosman, Writer

"The more we shelter children from every disappointment, the more devastating future disappointments will be"

Fred G. Gosman, Writer

"Ignoring a child's disrespect is the surest guarantee that it will continue"

Fred G. Gosman, Writer

"I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it"

Eddie Murphy, Comedian

"Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid"

Chastity Bono, Celebrity

"The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood"

Eddie Murphy, Comedian

"I'd like to see myself married with a child and hopefully still involved in the entertainment business as an actor who is also able to write a bit and direct some projects"

Fred Savage, Actor

"Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways"

Deana Carter, Musician

"When you have a child, your previous life seems like someone else's. It's like living in a house and suddenly finding a room you didn't know was there, full of treasure and light"

Carol Ann Duffy, Poet

"Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio"

Melinda Gates, Clergyman

"Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship"

Laura Schlessinger, Writer

"If you look at the whole thing, I think the most gratifying thing is my kids, without a doubt"

Shannon Lucid, Astronaut

"It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do"

Joan Blades, Businessman

"You can only have one first born child. You may love all your children deeply and with passion, but there is something unique about the first born"

Raymond E. Feist, Author

"Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them, dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information!"

Zach Wamp, Politician

"What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp"

Marjorie Holmes, Writer

"Not because they were servants, were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason, the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel"

Margaret Cavendish, Writer

"Before Huey was 5, I could take him to work with me. Now, though, he has sports and lessons and friends, and it's not fair to remove him from his whole life"

Marg Helgenberger, Actress

"Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely"

Tim Johnson, Politician

"I have an almost seven year old... I think it's essential to be consistent with kids. And truthful, without scaring them. I could go on for hours on this one"

Stephen Collins, Actor

"I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents, by law, have to be on set"

Stephen Collins, Actor

"I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy"

Ricky Martin, Musician

"If I had children, I would be very selfish. I wouldn't be out doing things. But by not having kids, it makes me freer to travel the world and talk about things I feel are important"

Linda Blair, Actress

"In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do"

Renny Harlin, Director

"In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children"

Parminder Nagra, Actress

"Therefore reinforcing a stereotype, therefore thinking that the entire Indian culture is just made of people that are against their children's decisions"

Parminder Nagra, Actress

"My daughter is a freshman in college and my son is - well, our daughter and our son - is a sophomore in college. So they come home on selected weekends, they come home on vacations and they're home in the summer, although they have jobs"

Erika Slezak, Actress

"I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents"

Luke Perry, Actor

"Today, children are watching more and more television, and are bombarded over and over with images and content that have the potential to dramatically influence their behavior"

Tim Murphy, Politician

"Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply"

T. Berry Brazelton

"I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms"

Lisa Whelchel, Actor

"Women may give lip service to wanting husbands who take on an equal role in raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made"

Pepper Schwartz, Sociologist

"I beg my Children to be just and virtuous, never to disgrace my name or theirs, and then they are out of fortune's power"

Thomas Willis, Scientist

"I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part"

Mary J. Blige, Musician

"What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation"

Richard Russo, Novelist

"Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls, and hence this justified their being kept out of view from others, cloistered in separate buildings and sheltered from the evil material world"

Mary Garden

"Life Among the Savages is a disrespectful memoir of my children"

Shirley Jackson, Novelist

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