--- title: "7 Ideal Parent Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Ideal Parent quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Ideal Parent sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/susan-cain-647_academic-achievement_high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someo_1125166.jpg" --- > [“high-reactive child’s ideal parent: someone who “can read your cues and respect your individuality; is warm and firm in placing demands on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cain/high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someone-who-can-read-your-cues-and/) [Susan Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-cain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/susan-cain-647_academic-achievement_high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someo_1125166.jpg) > [“The ideal parent is not anxiously hanging around trying to micromanage everything. The ideal parent makes it feel that problems, difficulties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-school-of-life/the-ideal-parent-is-not-anxiously-hanging-around-trying-to/) [The School of Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-school-of-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/the-school-of-life-38835_children_the-ideal-parent-is-not-anxiously-hangin_1274707.jpg) > [“I am convinced that an immense number of people who have children should not have them, and do not particularly want them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-j-harris/i-am-convinced-that-an-immense-number-of-people-who-have-children/) [Sydney J. Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-j-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/sydney-j-harris-1578_children_i-am-convinced-that-an-immense-number-of_1424716.jpg) > [Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/any-parent-knows-how-to-be-the-ideal-parent/) [Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/131/emma-donoghue-1499_child_any-parent-knows-how-to-be-the-ideal-par_2471262.png) > [Everything is ideal to its parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/everything-is-ideal-to-its-parent/) [Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/sophocles-370_family_everything-is-ideal-to-its-parent-248237_2482374.png) > [I was not an ideal parent, and there were things that I did right and things I did wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-barnes/i-was-not-an-ideal-parent-and-there-were-things-that-i-did-right-and/) [Jimmy Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/jimmy-barnes-6327_ideal_i-was-not-an-ideal-parent-and-there-were_2537843.jpg) > [The attempt to be an ideal parent, that is, to behave correctly toward the child, to raise her correctly, not to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-miller/the-attempt-to-be-an-ideal-parent-that-is-to-behave-correctly-toward/) [Alice Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/990/alice-miller-3713_behave_the-attempt-to-be-an-ideal-parent-that-i_2828370.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ideal-parent/#itemlist", "name": "Ideal Parent Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“high-reactive child’s ideal parent: someone who “can read your cues and respect your individuality; is warm and firm in placing demands on you without being harsh or hostile; promotes curiosity, academic achievement, delayed gratification, and self-control; and is not harsh, neglectful, or inconsistent.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Susan Cain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-cain/high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someone-who-can-read-your-cues-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/susan-cain-647_academic-achievement_high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someo_1125166.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/susan-cain-647_academic-achievement_high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someo_1125166.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/susan-cain-647_academic-achievement_high-reactive-child-s-ideal-parent-someo_1125166.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“high-reactive child’s ideal parent: someone who “can read your cues and respect your individuality; is warm…” — Susan Cain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The ideal parent is not anxiously hanging around trying to micromanage everything. 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