Parenting Quotes

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~Sometimes, when I want to take on the world, I try to remember that it's just as important to sit down and ask my son… — Angelina Jolie
~My favorite thing about my son is that he comes home from school and the clothes go flying! Like, clothes off, right down to the… — Kate Hudson
~When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.~ — Meryl Streep
~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's always been a… — Nicole Kidman
~[My son] is at that age now where he's so loving and says the sweetest things to me. Of course, I still get karate chops… — Liv Tyler
~One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be a blissful romance with me at the helm,… — Amanda Peet
~[My daughter is] very artistic, but she's also a perfectionist. I feel a little bad: That's the part I see in her that's like me… — Courteney Cox
~I used to think, What if there's an interesting movie and it conflicts with the boys going to a new school for the first time?...… — Jodie Foster
~There are moments when I feel like I have a looong road ahead of me, with college and dating and driving and all of that.… — Geena Davis
~I try to call my mother, Betty, with more regularity because I think, What if Hazel didn't call me for two weeks? I'm able to… — Julia Roberts
~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got… — Emma Thompson
~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you think, Why can't… — Uma Thurman
~I think what surprised me the most about motherhood, as sentimental as it sounds, is how much I love my kids. I mean, I just… — Gwyneth Paltrow
~I got pregnant, and I was like, 'Oh God, it worked! Oh no!' Chris [Ivery, her husband] and I were super happy, then I got… — Ellen Pompeo
Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare. — Ed Asner
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
Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own. — Doug Larson
Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are… — Ray Romano
With kids, the days are long, but the years are short. — John Leguizamo
You see much more of your children once they leave home. — Lucille Ball

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