Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow — Thomas Bray Copy Share Image
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent,… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a… — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much. — Louis C. K Copy Share Image
Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. — Lady Bird Johnson Copy Share Image
England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I went from living with my parents, to being signed out of high school. I have never, not had a boss, or… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or… — LeBron James Copy Share Image
To be a parent, especially to rock 'n' roll kids, I think being a parent is the most difficult job on the… — Ozzy Osbourne Copy Share Image
I have a small child. Being a parent takes a lot of time. People always ask me, "What movies have you watched… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
And I definitely wanted to be a writer, but I felt a duty now, having used up those educational resources, I felt… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
The love of a child is different from any other type of love on the planet. And being loved by your children… — Jada Pinkett Smith Copy Share Image
being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Is being a parent the be-all, end-all?' And I say, 'Oh, it definitely is up to the person, and… — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
People talked about being a parent, or being a mother or a father. We don't talk about "wiving" our husbands or "friending"… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I think, at the end of the century we'll have a generation of parents and a generation of children who won't have… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Who should have children? Those who are responsible and completely dedicated to the responsibility which is actually a very small percentage of… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
The thing about being a parent it puts priorities in order. Thank God, you're not totally focused on yourself anymore. You get… — Gretchen Mol Copy Share Image
When I was 13 I told my dad I'd rather kill myself than do an ordinary job. He vaguely muttered something about… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
The Lord has directed, Bring up your children in light and truth. To me, there is no more important human effort. Being… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see. — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
Being a parent is absolutely exhausting and draining, along with all the joy and love. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Everybody always tells you what an awesome and unique experience being a parent is. Words can never do the feeling justice. — Eric Church Copy Share Image
The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
Being a parent and having two young kids, I buy Blu-rays and DVDs all the time. It's like buying a toy. — Rob Letterman Copy Share Image
It started with a simple ring, You became husband and wife, You progressed to being parents And you're still best friends for… — John Walter Bratton Copy Share Image
I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening. — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one. — Glennon Melton Copy Share Image
Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can… — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would… — Julie Christie Copy Share Image
