127 private quotes tagged parenting

“Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.”— Arnold H. Glasow

“Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.”— Carl Jung

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”— Buddha

“We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.”— Henry Ward Beecher

“How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.”— Voltaire

“Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.”— George Bernard Shaw

“Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.”— John F. Kennedy

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.”— Sigmund Freud

“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.”— Plato

“I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.”— Jill Clayburgh

“Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.”— Lynn Johnston

“It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.”— Abigail Van Buren

“My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything.”— Isabelle Huppert

“I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future.”— Liza Minnelli

“Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.”— Bob Filner

“Parenting is an impossible job at any age.”— Harrison Ford

“I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.”— Harry Connick, Jr.

“Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.”— Robert Cormier

“It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.”— Patricia Heaton

“Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.”— Clive Owen

“Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness.”— Alan Thicke

“We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.”— John Sculley

“What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.”— Benjamin Spock

“Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.”— Miriam Makeba

“My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.”— John H. Johnson