Parenting Quote by Dave Eggers

“Was there anything in her life that made her feel more in control than being wanted?”

— Josie Leigh

“She wasn't sure that parenting ever qualified as brave. Or maybe it always did. Because it's not like you got a choice.”

— Laurie Frankel

“She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could. I”

— Padma Lakshmi

“No amount of parental protectiveness could overcome the fact that she was very ready to be dazzled.”

— Jude Morgan

“But she said if you had to control something, it was out of control.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“It was typical of her character that she simply assumed she would, eventually, gain control over the situation.”

— Gail Carriger

“parenting always involves this balance between what you know, what you guess, what you fear, and what you imagine.”

— Laurie Frankel

“If I wanted to influence their behavior, it had to be through my own. The only real control I had was the choice of…

— Judith Hanson Lasater

“She preferred her men less intense and less—well, just less. What she was looking for was control. This man wasn’t tame enough for her…

— Destiny Booze

“There's nothing harder than seeing your child be the victim of something you and she cannot control.”

— Brooke and Keith Desserich

“It became its own discipline, the fear of failing to do as they said; a voice in her head berating her before anyone else…

— Sarah Hilary

“Parenting is a bit like baking a cake. You put all the right stuff in and do exactly what your mother wrote in the…

— Anonymous