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
It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the… — Samuel Morse Copy Share Image
As a child, I never wanted my parents to be unhappy, which meant that I would always contemplate what would make them… — Etgar Keret 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
Children are the most amazing thing in the universe, as far as I'm concerned. If you're worrying about how it's going to… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than… — Eva Amurri Copy Share Image
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents,… — Ursula Hegi 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
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
Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong. — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with… — Billie Joe Armstrong Copy Share Image
The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to… — Emma Donoghue 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
Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. — Noel Gallagher 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
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
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
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
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
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when… — Abbi Glines 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
Being a parent is absolutely exhausting and draining, along with all the joy and love. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image