Best Quote by Chris Van Allsburg

This is the tragedy of modernity: as with neurotically overprotective parents, those trying to help are often hurting us the most.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

There's a word like overprotective to describe some parents, but no word that means the opposite. What word do you use to describe parents…

— Anonymous

As a parent, all you want is for your kids to be safe but you don’t want to be over-protective and so you know…

— Steve Carell

I think for every parent, they know their kids better than anybody else, and they have to just trust their own instincts.

— Rob Reiner

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a…

— Matt Haig

Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

— Harold Ramis

My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets.

— Mia Maestro

As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible.

— LeBron James

My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It's…

— Dan Levy

It's really hard to figure out what they need to know. And that's parenting, in general. It's hard to figure out what would benefit…

— John Ross Bowie

As a parent, you worry about kids' safety and the world they're living in.

— Baron Davis

Hyper-parenting has many pitfalls. Overprotected and overpraised children may develop an inflated sense of entitlement.

— Stephanie Coontz