I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know. — Dee Snider Copy Share Image
It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and… — Ben Berger Copy Share Image
I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not… — Dee Snider Copy Share Image
We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need… — Danny McBride Copy Share Image
Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
I related so much to the responsibility of being a parent, the responsibility of "did you screw your kid up," the responsibility… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent’s… — Debra Ginsberg Copy Share Image
When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Whether or not you have children yourself, you are a parent to the next generation. If we can only stop thinking of… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
It's nice to be able to work; I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
Being pregnant taught me how to be a better writer. It was a lesson in negative capability and surrendering to necessity. Suddenly,… — Robin Beth Schaer Copy Share Image
While we tend to equate motherhood solely with maternity, in the Lord’s language, the word 'mother' has layers of meaning...Mothe rhood is… — Sheri L. Dew Copy Share Image
We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your… — Kathryn Hahn Copy Share Image
We grow because the clamorous, permanent presence of our children forces us to put their needs before ours. We grow because our… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Being a parent is a life sentence. You see, that's why normal people should not have children because if you raise a… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
It's difficult to parent one kid, let alone five! It's insane. It's this strange, overwhelming mess that I would not trade for… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I could spend the whole afternoon telling you about him, but it's not gonna do much good, is it? You never smelled… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Kids get heavy. Quite literally. They're… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach… — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
Being a parent has become incredibly important to me. I never knew how much I would be altered by my children. I… — Maya Soetoro-Ng Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If… — Art Alexakis Copy Share Image
I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
Because of the fact that we've been through so much, we're going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we're… — Bill Rancic Copy Share Image
I know I'm always going to be a musician, for the rest of my life. That's for sure. It's about how you… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But… — Chris O'Donnell Copy Share Image
To be a good enough parent one must be able to feel secure in one's parenthood, and one's relation to one's child...The… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
What I do is so important to me. It’s like being a parent, in some ways, of a super-demanding , high-achieving child,… — Lorde 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 don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It… — Neil L. Andersen Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
You fall so deeply in love with your grandbaby. It's so so so much easier than being a parent, because you really… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
