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
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
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
It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Children do learn what they live. Then they grow up to live what they've learned. — Dorothy Nolte Copy Share Image
Remember, the goal is not to raise great kids; it's to raise kids who become great adults. — Andy Andrews 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
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
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 a life sentence. From the day that kid is born until the day you die and then some.… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss… — Karen Allen Copy Share Image
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being… — Marlee Matlin 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
There are many important elements to being a parent. A lot of people don't have fathers but they might have someone in… — Liv Tyler 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Infants and young children are not just sitting twiddling their thumbs, waiting for their parents to teach them to read and do… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them.… — Peg Bracken 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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
