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"It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have"
Matt Groening, Cartoonist
"My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important"
Tom Hanks, Actor
"All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself"
Gore Vidal, Novelist
"Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say"
Wayne Dyer, Psychologist
"When we had been married five years, we had six children. What, in God's name, was wrong with me?"
Phil Donahue, Entertainer
"Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval"
Phil Donahue, Entertainer
"You cannot catch a child's spirit by running after it; you must stand still and, for love, it will soon itself return"
Arthur Miller, Playwright
"I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford"
Dave Barry, Author
"Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going"
Phyllis Diller, Comedian
"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them"
Phyllis Diller, Comedian
"I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home"
Joseph Addison, Writer
"The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight"
Joseph Addison, Writer
"The middle years of life are sometimes the hardest, since your children are too old to baby and too young to ignore"
Mary H. Waldrip, Editor
"In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent"
Don Marquis, Journalist
"You see much more of your children once they leave home"
Lucille Ball, Comedian
"What is a neglected child? He is a child not planned for, not wanted. Neglect begins, therefore, before he is born"
Pearl S. Buck, Novelist
"Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from"
Sam Ewing, Author
"There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger"
Agatha Christie, Writer
"The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea which has been impressed on them in very tender years"
Agatha Christie, Writer
"I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance"
Will Smith, Actor
"Right now, I do not like kids at all. I mean, I love my fans and everything, but when you have kids following you around all day, it's like, 'Ugh, kids!' Maybe that will change when I get older"
Vanessa Hudgens, Actress
"We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn"
Alfred Adler, Psychologist
"I'm not busy... A woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy"
Garrison Keillor, Writer
"How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children"
Charles Darwin, Scientist
"We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates"
Michelle Obama, First Lady
"Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it"
Russell Baker, Journalist
"Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore"
Ogden Nash, Poet
"Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive!"
Ogden Nash, Poet
"I like to talk about my obsession with French fries because I don't want people to think that 'Let's Move' is about complete, utter deprivation. It's about moderation and real-life changes and ideas that really work for families"
Michelle Obama, First Lady
"Ultimately this issue is on us. We're the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat"
Michelle Obama, First Lady
"Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for"
Ogden Nash, Poet
"I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams"
Princess Diana, Royalty
"I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own"
Arthur Rimbaud, Poet
"Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching"
Fran Lebowitz, Journalist
"I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children"
Arthur Conan Doyle, Writer
"If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract, teach him to deduct"
Fran Lebowitz, Journalist
"You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be"
Marian Wright Edelman, Activist
"Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree"
Marian Wright Edelman, Activist
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