Parent Quotes

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent.

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in.

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.

The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.

Children don't just play any more - they're far too busy learning to fence and taking extra French classes. In the end, you're actually doing more damage to your children by trying to hot-house them. It's far better to remain a calm parent.

I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.

I'm still my parent's child, I'm still me, but I made a choice. I evolved into Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think it has to do with evolution.

I'd say we do reach somewhat of a younger audience, but I think for the most part that younger audience is picking our music up from a brother or sister or even parent, who is turning them onto the band.

It's so very important as to what a child watches on TV. I feel for every parent that knows this, and cares, because they only have control of the child's viewing to a certain point.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids.

The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

A child's geographic location, race or parent's income level should not predetermine their life's course and it's up to us to see that they don't.

I think that discipline is so much of an important part of being a parent. Because it's very, very important to teach your children to take responsibility for their actions.

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state.

From a parent's right to know what their children are doing, to protecting citizens across the country from the growing threat of gang violence, the House Democrat leadership is simply out to lunch.

The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation.