For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them… — Steve Burns Copy Share Image
Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had. — Eric Benet Copy Share Image
Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they've learned. — Dorothy Nolte Copy Share Image
Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in… — Michelle Pfeiffer 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
Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow — Thomas Bray Copy Share Image
Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both. — Michael Josephson Copy Share Image
I would say, being a parent is what makes me vulnerable. Loving someone so much it scares you. Knowing you'd do anything… — Beth Riesgraf Copy Share Image
When you have children, you realize how easy it is to not see them fully, and perhaps miss all those early years.… — Jon Kabat-Zinn 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
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 believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
One of the sad realities of being a parent is that the same stuff you know is exciting, educational, and enriching in… — Joyce Maynard 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
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
There's a marketing scheme that tells you that pregnancy and child rearing will make you into a moron, that your kids are… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I'm not… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I have love in my life, a soul mate u2014u00a0absolutely. When someone asked me why Angie and I don't get married, I… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I was pretty much a single-father for most of my daughter India's life. Looking back, were there things I could've done better?… — Eric Benet 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. — Molly Ringwald 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
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 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
