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title: "38 Parents Kids Quotes by 35 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Parents Kids quotes by 35 authors. Discover the best Parents Kids sayings and thoughts."
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> [A Lot of Parents will do anything for their Kids... Except let them be themselves...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banksy/a-lot-of-parents-will-do-anything-for-their-kids-except-let-them-be/)

[Banksy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banksy/)

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> [How you treat your parents now, is how your kids will treat you when you're a parent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/how-you-treat-your-parents-now-is-how-your-kids-will-treat-you-when/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-de-botton/i-was-a-very-un-literary-child-which-might-reassure-parents-with-kids/)

[Alain de Botton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-de-botton/)

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> [“I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Deborah Norville”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-norville/i-think-our-job-as-parents-is-to-give-our-kids-roots-to-grow-and-2/)

[Deborah Norville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-norville/)

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> [I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-norville/i-think-our-job-as-parents-is-to-give-our-kids-roots-to-grow-and/)

[Deborah Norville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-norville/)

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> [If you dont love your parents, your kids arent going to love you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dyllan/if-you-dont-love-your-parents-your-kids-arent-going-to-love-you/)

[Dyllan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dyllan/)

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> [“Parents should keep their kids engaged in positive activities as much as possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-wade/parents-should-keep-their-kids-engaged-in-positive-activities-as-much/)

Malik Wade

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> [No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirstie-alley/no-matter-what-parents-do-kids-retain-their-uniqueness/)

[Kirstie Alley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirstie-alley/)

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> [A lot of fairy tales are thinly disguised hostility raps against parents. Kids know that they can't make it on their own,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/a-lot-of-fairy-tales-are-thinly-disguised-hostility-raps-against/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-flynn/for-years-before-i-became-a-father-i-would-try-to-spend-as-much-time/)

[Nick Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-flynn/)

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> [As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-foer/as-parents-we-have-kids-who-reflect-back-to-us-our-addiction-to/)

[Franklin Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-foer/)

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> ['Fortnite' is cartoony, if you want to use that word, and that's going to a good turn-on for parents when they see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ninja/fortnite-is-cartoony-if-you-want-to-use-that-word-and-that-s-going-to/)

Ninja

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> [I think old school TV shows helped in raising your kids and helped in the way things should be done. Now you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ginuwine/i-think-old-school-tv-shows-helped-in-raising-your-kids-and-helped-in/)

[Ginuwine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ginuwine/)

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> [Parents and kids know they should pass up the fries for an apple and exchange the video game for a game of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-ornish/parents-and-kids-know-they-should-pass-up-the-fries-for-an-apple-and/)

[Dean Ornish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-ornish/)

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> [Bad parents ALWAYS put themselves first before their kids. Good parents realize the kids come first, but once in awhile Mommy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/bad-parents-always-put-themselves-first-before-their-kids-good/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-mcgraw/we-re-parents-first-and-once-you-have-kids-everybody-knows-that-you/)

[Tim McGraw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-mcgraw/)

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> [My advice to you is be boring, square, asshole parents... When I have kids, the most recent CD I will own -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patton-oswalt/my-advice-to-you-is-be-boring-square-asshole-parents-when-i-have-kids/)

[Patton Oswalt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patton-oswalt/)

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> [I feel like from a very early age, we know who we are as individuals. I love when I see parents with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyler-blackburn/i-feel-like-from-a-very-early-age-we-know-who-we-are-as-individuals-i/)

[Tyler Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyler-blackburn/)

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> [We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had a private notion of children.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-harris-perry/we-have-never-invested-as-much-in-public-education-as-we-should-have/)

[Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-harris-perry/)

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> [ \[E\]verywhere I'm looking at kids, adults mostly don't seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids gorgeous… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/e-verywhere-i-m-looking-at-kids-adults-mostly-don-t-seem-to-like-them/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [Your home needs to be a place where your kids can fail—and learn from their failure. Surround them with love, show them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-leman/your-home-needs-to-be-a-place-where-your-kids-can-fail-and-learn-from/)

[Kevin Leman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-leman/)

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> [We come from fallible parents who were kids once, who decided to have kids and who had to learn how to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pine/we-come-from-fallible-parents-who-were-kids-once-who-decided-to-have/)

[Chris Pine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pine/)

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> [I vape with my parents in my house. My parents don't really get high, which bums me out. But I vape with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilana-glazer/i-vape-with-my-parents-in-my-house-my-parents-don-t-really-get-high/)

[Ilana Glazer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilana-glazer/)

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> [“Parents, your kids will thank you in the future for helping them cultivate their creative talents. It's important that you allow them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-s-baker/parents-your-kids-will-thank-you-in-the-future-for-helping-them/)

[Robin S. Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-s-baker/)

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> [“Is it healthy every few weeks or every few months that the addicted parent drop by to visit the kids with no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/is-it-healthy-every-few-weeks-or-every-few-months-that-the-addicted/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Grandparents are convinced they’re better parents than their own kids, whose lives they’ve already fucked up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-stein/grandparents-are-convinced-they-re-better-parents-than-their-own-kids/)

[Garth Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-stein/)

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> [“from the time a child walks until about the first grade, one of the main tasks parents have is to keep their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heaven-is-for-real/from-the-time-a-child-walks-until-about-the-first-grade-one-of-the/)

Heaven Is For Real

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> [We're not trying to raise good kids. We're trying to raise kids who become great adults. That's a very different thing. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-andrews/we-re-not-trying-to-raise-good-kids-we-re-trying-to-raise-kids-who/)

[Andy Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-andrews/)

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> [I feel like kids are the perfect psychic investigators of their parents, and kids understand their parents' unconscious better than the parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mills/i-feel-like-kids-are-the-perfect-psychic-investigators-of-their/)

[Mike Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mills/)

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> [Whenever I speak to parents or to kids, I always encourage them that if they believe, if they do the work, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judit-polgar/whenever-i-speak-to-parents-or-to-kids-i-always-encourage-them-that/)

[Judit Polgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judit-polgar/)

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> [Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/anybody-who-has-children-and-children-who-are-well-feels-a-sense-of/)

[Annette Bening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-bening/)

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> [It's up to the parents to watch their kids and make sure their kids aren't doing any crazy drugs. I always blame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juicy-j/it-s-up-to-the-parents-to-watch-their-kids-and-make-sure-their-kids/)

[Juicy J](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juicy-j/)

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> [ \[Drug\] Addiction is awful, the worst if it is your kid. Plenty of loving parents who did everything "right" find themselves with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-roberts/drug-addiction-is-awful-the-worst-if-it-is-your-kid-plenty-of-loving/)

[Roxanne Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxanne-roberts/)

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> [My parents had three kids right after the Second World War, and we were all sort of sickly. Then I had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-smith/my-parents-had-three-kids-right-after-the-second-world-war-and-we/)

[Patti Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-smith/)

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> [I think people have had the understanding for many years that whatever happens with the separation of parents, that the kids automatically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwyane-wade/i-think-people-have-had-the-understanding-for-many-years-that/)

[Dwyane Wade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwyane-wade/)

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> [My parents were kids when I was born. My mother was 16. My father was 17, and they got married in high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahershala-ali/my-parents-were-kids-when-i-was-born-my-mother-was-16-my-father-was/)

[Mahershala Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahershala-ali/)

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> [“Also everywhere I'm looking at kids, adults mostly don't seem to like them, not even the parents do. They call the kids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-donoghue/also-everywhere-i-m-looking-at-kids-adults-mostly-don-t-seem-to-like/)

[Emma Donoghue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-donoghue/)

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> [The vast majority of things parents and kids get in conflict over are highly predictable. We're disagreeing about the same expectations the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-w-greene/the-vast-majority-of-things-parents-and-kids-get-in-conflict-over-are/)

[Ross W. Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-w-greene/)

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                        "text": "We're not trying to raise good kids. We're trying to raise kids who become great adults. That's a very different thing. We all know parents who had kids that when they turned 18 left the house and went nuts.",
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