--- title: "10 Parents Ought Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Parents Ought quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Parents Ought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children_2471980.jpg" --- > [“Parents ought to pray for their children.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children/) [Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children_2471980.jpg) > [I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-don-t-think-anybody-feels-like-they-re-a-good-parent-or-if-people/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06a/joan-didion-497_again_i-don-t-think-anybody-feels-like-they-re_2068478.jpg) > [Parents ought to try to learn the language teenagers speak, and they ought to listen to teenage music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joey-heatherton/parents-ought-to-try-to-learn-the-language-teenagers-speak-and-they/) [Joey Heatherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joey-heatherton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/joey-heatherton-10788_language_parents-ought-to-try-to-learn-the-langua_2963817.jpg) > [“out of arrogance, of laziness, or the shallow notion that modern, freethinking parents ought to allow children to decide these things for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-gresko/out-of-arrogance-of-laziness-or-the-shallow-notion-that-modern/) [Brian Gresko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-gresko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/brian-gresko-224537_arrogance_out-of-arrogance-of-laziness-or-the-shal_3015226.jpg) > [If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-were-to-give-advice-i-would-say-to-parents-that-they-ought-to-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/anonymous-1_advice_if-i-were-to-give-advice-i-would-say-to_580164.jpg) > [Parents ought to feel more comfortable about the care of their children than some experts would seem to permit. If children were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-scarr/parents-ought-to-feel-more-comfortable-about-the-care-of-their/) [Sandra Scarr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-scarr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19c/sandra-scarr-23477_adults_parents-ought-to-feel-more-comfortable-a_1539233.png) > [“If you’ve learned anything from your parents, it ought to be this—love works only when it’s mutual. Otherwise, eventually it becomes exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabrina-jeffries/if-you-ve-learned-anything-from-your-parents-it-ought-to-be-this-love/) [Sabrina Jeffries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabrina-jeffries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/sabrina-jeffries-1064_parenting_if-you-ve-learned-anything-from-your-par_2104775.jpg) > [I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-spock/i-think-that-parents-ought-to-get-some-idea-of-how-the-so-called/) [Benjamin Spock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-spock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/benjamin-spock-9466_advice_i-think-that-parents-ought-to-get-some-i_3185152.jpg) > [Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-bettelheim/parents-ought-through-their-own-behavior-and-the-values-by-which-they/) [Bruno Bettelheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-bettelheim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/bruno-bettelheim-14782_behavior_parents-ought-through-their-own-behavior_363598.png) > [“During his teens, parents ought to encourage the child to reevaluate his own life. He should reevaluate his standards and performance in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-e-adams/during-his-teens-parents-ought-to-encourage-the-child-to-reevaluate/) [Jay E. Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-e-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/jay-e-adams-7350_child_during-his-teens-parents-ought-to-encour_2753687.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parents-ought/#itemlist", "name": "Parents Ought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Parents ought to pray for their children.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lailah Gifty Akita" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children_2471980.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children_2471980.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/lailah-gifty-akita-11_advice_parents-ought-to-pray-for-their-children_2471980.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Parents ought to pray for their children.” — Lailah Gifty Akita", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. 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