--- title: "12 Parents Going Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Parents Going quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Parents Going sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/karen-russell-1697_betray_could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-bac_2586448.png" --- > [“Could we betray our parents by going back to them?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-back-to-them/) [Karen Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/karen-russell-1697_betray_could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-bac_2586448.png) > [There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t-realize-that-your-parents/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/anonymous-1_kids_there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t_1983732.jpg) > [My daughter always behaved in restaurants. And if she didn't, she's going out. I mean, one of the parents is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/my-daughter-always-behaved-in-restaurants-and-if-she-didn-t-she-s/) [Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/anthony-bourdain-649_children_my-daughter-always-behaved-in-restaurant_967567.jpg) > ['The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viggo-mortensen/the-road-is-about-that-fear-that-all-parents-can-have-what-s-going-to/) [Viggo Mortensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viggo-mortensen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/viggo-mortensen-1554_about_the-road-is-about-that-fear-that-all-par_1228862.jpg) > [What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-breault/what-you-don-t-realize-as-a-kid-is-that-if-your-parents-are-always/) [Robert Breault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-breault/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/robert-breault-304_child_what-you-don-t-realize-as-a-kid-is-that_3163318.png) > [You never know what your parents are going to say when you tell them you're getting married - especially when it's with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-kroeger/you-never-know-what-your-parents-are-going-to-say-when-you-tell-them/) [Chad Kroeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-kroeger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/chad-kroeger-26139_getting-married_you-never-know-what-your-parents-are-goi_3204931.jpg) > [Both of my parents got to see me host Carson, thank God. That's all anyone wants: to have their parents see they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-rivers/both-of-my-parents-got-to-see-me-host-carson-thank-god-that-s-all/) [Joan Rivers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-rivers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/joan-rivers-669_father_both-of-my-parents-got-to-see-me-host-ca_1218175.png) > [Children learn what they live and need to see their parents going to work or you set them a poor example for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/children-learn-what-they-live-and-need-to-see-their-parents-going-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/anonymous-1_child_children-learn-what-they-live-and-need-t_3004174.jpg) > [Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-diller/most-children-threaten-at-times-to-run-away-from-home-this-is-the/) [Phyllis Diller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-diller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/232/phyllis-diller-1622_children_most-children-threaten-at-times-to-run-a_463866.png) > [No matter what, your parents are going to worry about you. I had a tour bus, and my mother still thought I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-black/no-matter-what-your-parents-are-going-to-worry-about-you-i-had-a-tour/) [Lewis Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f22/lewis-black-1143_broke_no-matter-what-your-parents-are-going-to_155798.png) > [I hate it when I go out and I see parents going, 'don't do that', or 'stop doing that' when some kid's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-strummer/i-hate-it-when-i-go-out-and-i-see-parents-going-don-t-do-that-or-stop/) [Joe Strummer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-strummer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/joe-strummer-8825_hate_i-hate-it-when-i-go-out-and-i-see-parent_1282365.jpg) > [I used to run away to New York from Baltimore all the time. I would get on the Greyhound bus and tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/i-used-to-run-away-to-new-york-from-baltimore-all-the-time-i-would/) [John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a7/john-waters-751_asks_i-used-to-run-away-to-new-york-from-balt_1829430.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-going/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Going Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Could we betray our parents by going back to them?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Russell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-russell/could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-back-to-them/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/karen-russell-1697_betray_could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-bac_2586448.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/karen-russell-1697_betray_could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-bac_2586448.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/karen-russell-1697_betray_could-we-betray-our-parents-by-going-bac_2586448.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Could we betray our parents by going back to them?” — Karen Russell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t-realize-that-your-parents/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/anonymous-1_kids_there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t_1983732.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/anonymous-1_kids_there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t_1983732.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/anonymous-1_kids_there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-you-don-t_1983732.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are a lot of things that you don't realize that your parents are going through when you're a kid.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My daughter always behaved in restaurants. 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