Day Quote by Alain de Botton

A wretched child Is he who does not return his parents' care.

— Euripides

As a parent you try to maintain a certain amount of control and so you have this tug-of-war ... You have to learn when…

— Aretha Franklin

Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.

— Ami Bera

You will find as the children grow up that as a rule children are a bitter disappointment - their greatest object being to do…

— Queen Victoria

Most parents are accustomed to dealing with problems in the heat of the moment.

— Ross W. Greene

Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.

— Rosalind Wiseman

If you've got kids who aren't being looked after by their parents, there's only so many times you can try and intervene to get…

— Adam Giles

When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.

— Marilu Henner

Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.

— Dirk Benedict

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to…

— Mitch Albom

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

— Anthony Powell

At some point, parents may become inured to a child's self-destruction, but I never did.

— David Sheff