127 private quotes tagged parenting

“At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.” — Jane D. Hull

0 favs

“Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.” — Russell Baker

0 favs

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.” — Garrison Keillor

0 favs

“Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” — Martin Mull

0 favs

“The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.” — Todd Tiahrt

0 favs

“I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.” — Susie Bright

0 favs

“A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.” — Frank A. Clark

0 favs

“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.” — Quentin Crisp

0 favs

“I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends.” — Tim McGraw

0 favs

“The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.” — Meryl Streep

0 favs

“Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out.” — Matthew Broderick

0 favs

“I want to have children, but my friends scare me. One of my friends told me she was in labor for 36 hours. I don't even want to do anything that feels good for 36 hours.” — Rita Rudner

0 favs

“Love is staying up all night with a sick child - or a healthy adult.” — David Frost

0 favs

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” — Franklin P. Jones

0 favs

“No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly.” — Miguel de Cervantes

0 favs

“You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.” — Connie Sellecca

0 favs

“The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.” — Benjamin Spock

0 favs

“If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.” — Bruce Jenner

0 favs

“Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.” — Alvin Toffler

0 favs

“Success for me its to raise happy, healthy human beings.” — Kelly LeBrock

0 favs

“Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine.” — Allan Bloom

0 favs

“Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.” — Ogden Nash

0 favs

“I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.” — Reese Witherspoon

0 favs

“No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.” — Marcelene Cox

0 favs

“I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.” — Norma Shearer

0 favs