--- title: "9 Really Parents Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Really Parents quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Really Parents sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/vincent-cassel-3917_being-crazy_if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-bett_1907789.jpg" --- > [If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-cassel/if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-better-there-wouldn-t-be-crazy/) [Vincent Cassel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-cassel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/vincent-cassel-3917_being-crazy_if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-bett_1907789.jpg) > [“I think the hardest thing we can ever do is see someone for who they really are. Our parents. Our friends. Ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-think-the-hardest-thing-we-can-ever-do-is-see-someone-for-who-they/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/rick-riordan-27_hardest-thing_i-think-the-hardest-thing-we-can-ever-do_1854331.jpg) > [It is important for children to understand that some of the disappointment their parents feel for them is often really the parents'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-viscott/it-is-important-for-children-to-understand-that-some-of-the/) [David Viscott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-viscott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54c/david-viscott-17389_child_it-is-important-for-children-to-understa_569793.png) > [Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/its-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-first-become-a-bit-frightened-of/) [Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/ama-ata-aidoo-20511_bits_its-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-fir_1662186.jpg) > [It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ama-ata-aidoo/it-s-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-first-become-a-bit-frightened/) [Ama Ata Aidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ama-ata-aidoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/ama-ata-aidoo-20511_become_it-s-a-sad-moment-really-when-parents-fi_2245186.jpg) > [“Adoption. A realized fantasy of your parents not really being your parents. Your genes could thrust one arm in the air and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorrie-moore/adoption-a-realized-fantasy-of-your-parents-not-really-being-your/) [Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorrie-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66c/lorrie-moore-870_adoption_adoption-a-realized-fantasy-of-your-pare_863436.jpg) > [“We hate our parents for having their own lives, don’t we, for making decisions for themselves that don’t seem to take us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-unger/we-hate-our-parents-for-having-their-own-lives-don-t-we-for-making/) [Lisa Unger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-unger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/lisa-unger-3678_live-and-love_we-hate-our-parents-for-having-their-own_74183.jpg) > [My childhood was bittersweet in many ways. We moved around a lot. By the time I was 10, I had travelled thousands…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nile-rodgers/my-childhood-was-bittersweet-in-many-ways-we-moved-around-a-lot-by/) [Nile Rodgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nile-rodgers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/nile-rodgers-11738_around_my-childhood-was-bittersweet-in-many-way_684228.png) > [Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are sosure their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-elkind/preschoolers-sound-much-brighter-and-more-knowledgeable-than-they/) [David Elkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-elkind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/david-elkind-20149_abstraction_preschoolers-sound-much-brighter-and-mor_2055755.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/really-parents/#itemlist", "name": "Really Parents Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent Cassel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-cassel/if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-better-there-wouldn-t-be-crazy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/vincent-cassel-3917_being-crazy_if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-bett_1907789.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/vincent-cassel-3917_being-crazy_if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-bett_1907789.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/vincent-cassel-3917_being-crazy_if-kids-really-made-all-the-parents-bett_1907789.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world.” — Vincent Cassel", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think the hardest thing we can ever do is see someone for who they really are. 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