Parent Quotes

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In the happiest of our childhood memories, our parents were happy, too. — Robert Breault
In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which… — Unknown Author
Simply having children does not make mothers. — John G. Shedd
The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher. — Robert Breault
A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. — Judith Martin
Parenting is a stage of life's journey where the milestones come about every fifty feet. — Robert Breault
Most fathers and... Mothers. Only your grandmother and Ghengis Khan know how to do it. — Bill Cosby
Conscience is less an inner voice than the memory of a mother's glance. — Robert Breault
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any. — Clarence Day
The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene. — Robert Breault
Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it. — Robert Breault
There may be some doubt as to who are the best people to have charge of children, but there can be no doubt that parents… — George Bernard Shaw
Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless… — Robert Breault
The clash between child and adult is never as stubborn as when the child within us confronts the adult in our child. — Robert Breault
Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children. — Mignon McLaughlin
The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well. — Mignon McLaughlin
Sometimes, in a moral struggle, we discover the right thing to do - just as, on some cold day long ago, we discovered mittens pinned… — Robert Breault
Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't. — Mignon McLaughlin
The only marriage I've observed for any length of time is my parents - 35 years. I asked my pop, I go, 'Pop, 35 years… — Adam Ferrara
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects, and every religious… — Richard Dawkins

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