Being A Parent Quotes

73 Being A Parent quotes by 65 unique authors

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me… — Ani DiFranco
For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have. — Emma Donoghue
I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high… — Marian Wright Edelman
I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening. — Melissa Etheridge
But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm… — LeBron James
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit… — Danny McBride
I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that their… — Beth Moore
Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I… — Michelle Pfeiffer
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! — Maurice Sendak
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I… — Maurice Sendak
I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the… — Thom Yorke
A book is meant not only to be read, but to haunt you, to importune you like a lover or a parent, to be in… — Anatole Broyard
That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in… — Ursula Hegi
Most uncomfortable! Did we lose anyone? Head count! Lee Ark, Leetu, and Brunstetter. Three. Should we count the meech egg? No, I think not. Don't… — Donita K. Paul
I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids. — Stephen King
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed. You need to… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Has it ever occurred to you," he said abruptly, "that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking… — Stephen King
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were… — Jodi Picoult
...one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness… — Anne Lamott
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other… — Lauren DeStefano
I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all… — Abbi Glines
The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's… — John Lennon

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