--- title: "13 Grow Parents Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 13 Grow Parents quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Grow Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/skyler-samuels-22019_blessed_i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-wh_2922552.jpg" --- > [I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skyler-samuels/i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-who-weren-t-enamored-of-show/) [Skyler Samuels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skyler-samuels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/skyler-samuels-22019_blessed_i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-wh_2922552.jpg) > [It's not only children who grow. Parents do too...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too/) [Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/joyce-maynard-7181_child_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_2423628.jpg) > [You know it's time to grow up when your parents make you go to doctor appointments by yourself...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-it-s-time-to-grow-up-when-your-parents-make-you-go-to-doctor/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/anonymous-1_parenting_you-know-it-s-time-to-grow-up-when-your_2802219.jpg) > [I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-perry/i-think-sometimes-when-children-grow-up-their-parents-grow-up-mine/) [Katy Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/007/katy-perry-760_agree_i-think-sometimes-when-children-grow-up_637240.jpg) > [When you grow up with parents that are known worldwide and having so much attention from media and all of the tabloid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumer-willis/when-you-grow-up-with-parents-that-are-known-worldwide-and-having-so/) [Rumer Willis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumer-willis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/rumer-willis-13182_attention_when-you-grow-up-with-parents-that-are-k_488885.jpg) > [Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/children-need-parents-who-will-let-them-grow-up-to-be-themselves-but/) [Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a50/harold-s-kushner-4877_agendas_children-need-parents-who-will-let-them_1504961.png) > [I think sometimes when children grow up, their parents grow up. Mine grew up with me. We coexist. I don't try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katy-perry/i-think-sometimes-when-children-grow-up-their-parents-grow-up-mine-2/) [Katy Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katy-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e56/katy-perry-760_anymore_i-think-sometimes-when-children-grow-up_2806760.jpg) > [It's funny 'cos I think a lot about kids who grow up with their parents being really important members of their fields,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/king-princess/it-s-funny-cos-i-think-a-lot-about-kids-who-grow-up-with-their/) [King Princess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/king-princess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d5/king-princess-15110_funny_it-s-funny-cos-i-think-a-lot-about-kids_3024699.jpg) > [“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the child. It’s too painful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we-persuade-ourselves-we-re/) [Fredrik Backman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fredrik-backman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/fredrik-backman-857_child_that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we_21070.jpg) > [“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daffodil-campbell/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too-as-much-as-we-watch-to-2/) [Daffodil Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daffodil-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/daffodil-campbell-229933_child_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_2420856.jpg) > [“Just like this, the kids we raised slowly start growing up and away from us. We have to gradually let go of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keiko-tobe/just-like-this-the-kids-we-raised-slowly-start-growing-up-and-away/) [Keiko Tobe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keiko-tobe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f06/keiko-tobe-46481_child_just-like-this-the-kids-we-raised-slowly_2575757.jpg) > [It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-maynard/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too-as-much-as-we-watch-to/) [Joyce Maynard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-maynard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea1/joyce-maynard-7181_children_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_1966906.jpg) > [“Maybe we don’t really grow up until our parents die, she thought. Maybe her infant memory was forever looking to Zod and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donia-bijan/maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our-parents-die-she-thought-maybe/) [Donia Bijan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donia-bijan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19f/donia-bijan-50608_parenting_maybe-we-don-t-really-grow-up-until-our_2507427.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grow-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Grow Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Skyler Samuels" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skyler-samuels/i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-who-weren-t-enamored-of-show/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/skyler-samuels-22019_blessed_i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-wh_2922552.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/skyler-samuels-22019_blessed_i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-wh_2922552.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d56/skyler-samuels-22019_blessed_i-was-blessed-to-grow-up-with-parents-wh_2922552.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was blessed to grow up with parents who weren't enamored of show business.” — Skyler Samuels", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's not only children who grow. 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It’s too painful to us to admit that our children won’t wait to grow up because their parents are busy with other things …”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fredrik Backman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fredrik-backman/that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we-persuade-ourselves-we-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/fredrik-backman-857_child_that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we_21070.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/fredrik-backman-857_child_that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we_21070.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/fredrik-backman-857_child_that-s-what-parents-often-do-i-think-we_21070.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That’s what parents often do, I think, we persuade ourselves we’re doing everything for the sake of the…” — Fredrik Backman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it myself” – Joyce Maynard”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daffodil Campbell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daffodil-campbell/it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents-do-too-as-much-as-we-watch-to-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/daffodil-campbell-229933_child_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_2420856.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/daffodil-campbell-229933_child_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_2420856.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e4/daffodil-campbell-229933_child_it-s-not-only-children-who-grow-parents_2420856.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. 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