It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both. — Michael Josephson 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
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
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
Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being… — Russell Crowe 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
We pass our values, ideas and moral character on to our children, but we do that knowing that our children are going… — Alison Gopnik 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
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
When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the… — Paul Reiser Copy Share Image
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
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
...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret… — Anne Lamott 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
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
Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. — Frank Pittman 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
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
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
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 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
I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
