Quotes about Parent

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever. Votes: 3

Parent hard, play hard. That's my philosophy. Votes: 3

Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep. Votes: 3

Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love. Votes: 3

The Parent Trap gave my career another boost, starring in family comedies. Votes: 3

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves. Votes: 3

Parent must set an example to their children in love, in deeds and in conduct. Votes: 3

The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills. Votes: 3

My mother's the most special person in my life ... I consider her my MVP: Most Valuable Parent. Votes: 3

When I did 'Parent Trap,' I was ten. I was thrown off by the whole fame thing. Votes: 3

Parent's job = Prepare the child for the world. Parent of autistic child's job = Prepare the world for the child. Votes: 3

O liberty, Parent of happiness, celestial born When the first man became a living soul; His sacred genius thou. Votes: 3

Parent should never forget the great excitement they felt for the birth of a new born into the world. Votes: 3

This is a Happy Birthday card, Made with lots of love by me It's to a Very Important Parent A VIP... ...and you are she Votes: 3

These are thy glorious works, Parent of good! Votes: 2

What's done to children, they will do to society. Votes: 2

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too... Votes: 2

Your children need your presence more than your presents. Votes: 2

The best way to make children good is to make them happy. Votes: 2

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. Votes: 2

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. Votes: 2

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. Votes: 2

One thing I had learned from watching chimpanzees with their infants is that having a child should be fun. Votes: 2

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. Votes: 2

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry. Votes: 2

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Votes: 2

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out. Votes: 2

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. Votes: 2

We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future. Votes: 2

I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. Votes: 2

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Votes: 2

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom. Votes: 2

The guys who fear becoming fathers don't understand that fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. The end product of child-raising is not the child but the parent. Votes: 2

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society. Votes: 2

People came to my parents' parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance. What they didn't know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial, no matter what the cost. Votes: 2

I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives. Votes: 2

Of course, everyone's parents are embarrassing. It goes with the territory. The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should their parents so much as speak to them on the street. Votes: 2

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. Votes: 2

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion. Votes: 1

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Votes: 1

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate. Votes: 1

What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting. Votes: 1

I think there comes a point in probably most father-son relationships where the son kind of starts becoming the parent. Votes: 1

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. Votes: 1

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad. Votes: 1

The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny. Votes: 1

Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent. Votes: 1

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears. Votes: 1

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher. Votes: 1

We must do everything in our power to keep families together, and to use common sense in our immigration laws. Children deserve better than to lose a parent because of an inflexible law. Votes: 1

The depth of the love of parents for their children cannot be measured. It is like no other relationship. It exceeds concern for life itself. The love of a parent for a child is continuous and transcends heartbreak and disappointment. Votes: 1

Now that I have kids, I'm probably more overprotective than I've ever been. My wife's nickname for me is 'red alert.' I sometimes check just to see if the kids are breathing. But I try not to be a helicopter parent. Votes: 1

Given the news we all read or hear about, it's actually made me a stronger parent - I'm not a 'helicopter parent,' but I am very aware of local and world events and want to teach them what's right and wrong. Votes: 1

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody - a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns - bent down and helped us pick up our boots. Votes: 1

Ask any successful person, and most will tell you that they had a person who believed in them... a teacher, a friend, a parent, a guardian, a sister, a grandmother. It only takes one person, and it doesn't really matter who it is. Votes: 1

We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent's birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend's important anniversary. Votes: 1

There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?' Votes: 1

Where would you be without friends? The people to pick you up when you need lifting? We come from homes far from perfect, so you end up almost parent and sibling to your friends - your own chosen family. There's nothing like a really loyal, dependable, good friend. Nothing. Votes: 1

No matter who you are, what you've accomplished, what your financial situation is - when you're dealing with a parent with Alzheimer's, you yourself feel helpless. The parent can't work, can't live alone, and is totally dependent, like a toddler. As the disease unfolds, you don't know what to expect. Votes: 1

Like every parent, when you start your family, your life completely changes. And you completely live for someone else. I find that the most extraordinary thing. Your life is handed over to someone else. From that moment on, they come first in every choice you make. It's the most wonderful thing. Votes: 1

The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent. Votes: 1

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents. Votes: 1

My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline. Votes: 1

Government cannot be your parent. Votes: 0

Being a parent is amazing. Votes: 0

History is the third parent. Votes: 0

Television is the third parent. Votes: 0

Losing your parent is unlike anything. Votes: 0

Idleness is the parent of psychology. Votes: 0

Everything is ideal to its parent. Votes: 0

Sales is the parent of marketing. Votes: 0

Hope is the parent of Faith. Votes: 0

Ignorance is the parent of fear. Votes: 0

My mom was a single parent. Votes: 0

Fear is the parent of cruelty. Votes: 0

The suspicious parent makes an artful child. Votes: 0

The mother is the child's supreme parent. Votes: 0

Thought is the parent of the deed. Votes: 0

It is always fragile, being a parent. Votes: 0

Dust is the parent of a star! Votes: 0

Don't just parent your kids, develop them. Votes: 0

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt. Votes: 0

True love is the parent of humility.... Votes: 0

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. Votes: 0

Everyone, archetypally, is a parent to future generations. Votes: 0

Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices. Votes: 0

Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations. Votes: 0

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Votes: 0

organization is the religion of the single parent. Votes: 0

The spiritual is the parent of the practical. Votes: 0

Being a parent is very important to me. Votes: 0

Every parent wants to see their kids excel. Votes: 0

God is even in a single parent household. Votes: 0

There's never been a parent in my life. Votes: 0

I would definitely love to be a parent. Votes: 0

A parent's best intentions are no substitute for attention. Votes: 0

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child. Votes: 0

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune. Votes: 0

Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence. Votes: 0

Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself. Votes: 0

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal. Votes: 0

There is nothing more dangerous than a lazy parent. Votes: 0

Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime. Votes: 0

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse. Votes: 0

A good parent gives their child roots and wings. Votes: 0

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. Votes: 0

You can't be a legend in your parent's basement. Votes: 0

As a parent you have to do some renunciation. Votes: 0

It takes a lot to become a foster parent. Votes: 0

I was a wonderful parent before I had children. Votes: 0

Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent. Votes: 0

Education is the best gift my parent gave me. Votes: 0

I think it's important to have a happy parent. Votes: 0

Young people can change and grow. Every parent knows that. Votes: 0

My kids are so much better parent than I was. Votes: 0

Anti-parent music seems to be all the pop-rock market wants. Votes: 0

A parent has to be silent much of the time. Votes: 0

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism Votes: 0

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father. Votes: 0

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. Votes: 0

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child. Votes: 0

I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves, Votes: 0

At work, you're replaceable... but as a parent, you're irreplaceable. Votes: 0

Many television weather-women were one abusive parent away from prostitution. Votes: 0

Exercise makes me a better parent. I'm calmer and happier. Votes: 0

Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent! Votes: 0

Every parent is a teacher... But not all parents teach. Votes: 0

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent. Votes: 0

I was one of six kids in a single-parent household. Votes: 0

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life. Votes: 0

I was not prepared to live as a single parent. Votes: 0

It is the uninvolved parent who has to resort to strictness. Votes: 0

Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent. Votes: 0

When a parent loses a child, there is no greater pain. Votes: 0

You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend. Votes: 0

I don't know what I'm doing as a parent at all. Votes: 0

You can't separate the two, being a parent, being a cop. Votes: 0

... education is the second food a parent can give a child. Votes: 0

I don't know if I'm a strict parent or a pushover. Votes: 0

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality. Votes: 0

The worst thing is the world is a defensive my-kid-can't-do-anything-wrong parent. Votes: 0

I became the kind of parent my mother was to me. Votes: 0

An obedient child learns from the example of an obedient parent. Votes: 0

A parent's love is whole, no matter how many times divided. Votes: 0

What is the most important duty? One's duty toward one's parent. Votes: 0

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all. Votes: 0

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship. Votes: 0

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working. Votes: 0

You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens. Votes: 0

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters. Votes: 0

When you become a parent, it's not all about you anymore. Votes: 0

When a parent dies, the whole house of cards comes down. Votes: 0

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent. Votes: 0

Every parent knows that for a kid, the car is chloroform.. Votes: 0

As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible. Votes: 0

Your thought is the parent that gives birth to all things. Votes: 0

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication. Votes: 0

No role brings greater joy or blessing than being a parent. Votes: 0

There's no sense that you're there forever. No parent is there forever. Votes: 0

The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure. Votes: 0

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child. Votes: 0

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent. Votes: 0

My job as a parent is a temporary responsibility with eternal consequences. Votes: 0

Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent. Votes: 0

The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent. Votes: 0

A parent can give a child no greater gift than beautiful manners. Votes: 0

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family. Votes: 0

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent. Votes: 0

Had any parent ever succeeded in hiding marital unhappiness from their child? Votes: 0

The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid. Votes: 0

Being a founder is like being a parent. You always stay involved. Votes: 0

There is no greater grief, than when a parent losses a child. Votes: 0

We are not naughty children, and the state is not our parent. Votes: 0

There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent Votes: 0

If you are a parent it helps if you are a grown-up. Votes: 0

As a gay parent I must flee Russia or lose my children Votes: 0

I have sister issues and parent issues and all sorts of things. Votes: 0

Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners. Votes: 0

A man can be a parent without knowing it: a woman cannot. Votes: 0

No matter what, if you're a parent, you have to make sacrifices. Votes: 0

A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made. Votes: 0

It hurts real bad to have that protection barrier between parent and child Votes: 0

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent. Votes: 0

Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent. Votes: 0

To how many is the death of the beloved the parent of faith! Votes: 0

Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. Votes: 0

It hurts real bad to have that protection barrier between parent and child. Votes: 0

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. Votes: 0

Patria est communis omnium parens. Our country is the common parent of all. Votes: 0

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids. Votes: 0

I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest. Votes: 0

Darkness, thou first great parent of us all, Thou art our great original! Votes: 0

The only job a parent has is work themselves out of a job. Votes: 0

The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind. Votes: 0

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual." Votes: 0

It is the responsibility of parent to love and care for their children. Votes: 0

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent. Votes: 0

An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions. Votes: 0

The end product of child raising is not the child but the parent. Votes: 0

Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee. Votes: 0

You'll never be a perfect parent, but you can be a praying parent. Votes: 0

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children. Votes: 0

For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock. Votes: 0

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America. Votes: 0

If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming. Votes: 0

The transition into adulthood is so exciting and remarkable to witness as parent. Votes: 0

If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent. Votes: 0

Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee. Votes: 0

Leesha knew from experience that when parents don't parent, kids grow up fast. Votes: 0

To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness. Votes: 0

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues. Votes: 0

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent. Votes: 0

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual. Votes: 0

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example. Votes: 0

When you become a parent, you finally appreciate and understand what your mother did. Votes: 0

Failing and laughing at your own shortcomings are the hallmarks of a sane parent. Votes: 0

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense. Votes: 0

No teacher, preacher, parent, friend, or wise man can decide what's right for you. Votes: 0

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence. Votes: 0

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent. Votes: 0

A parent knows better than any book or "expert" what their kid really needs. Votes: 0

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. Votes: 0

Make the Revolution a parent of settlement, and not a nursery of future revolutions. Votes: 0

For some people, becoming a parent does change them, but it never changed me. Votes: 0

There is no more powerful advocate than a parent armed with information and options. Votes: 0

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude. Votes: 0

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent. Votes: 0

But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet. Votes: 0

No parent is there forever. So I won't be here forever with these kids. Votes: 0

If youre a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids. Votes: 0

I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes. Votes: 0

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren. Votes: 0

The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. Votes: 0

If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids. Votes: 0

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids. Votes: 0

Fear of corporal punishment obscures children's awareness of the compassion underlying the parent's demands. Votes: 0

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings. Votes: 0

Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise. Votes: 0

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children Votes: 0

If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent. Votes: 0

Any parent that relies on any law to help him parent is an idiot. Votes: 0

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children. Votes: 0

All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it. Votes: 0

I won't do that when I'm a parent. I'll make different mistakes, of course. Votes: 0

Every single kid in my group of friends at school was from a single-parent family. Votes: 0

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them. Votes: 0

It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger. Votes: 0

Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved. Votes: 0

There's something about being a parent that has, I think, made me a better comedian. Votes: 0

Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child. Votes: 0

Children have no reasonable assumption of privacy while they are minors in their parent's home. Votes: 0

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. Votes: 0

An unlimited amount of ability can develop when parent and child are having fun together. Votes: 0

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement. Votes: 0

To-day is the parent of to-morrow. The present casts its shadow far into the future. Votes: 0

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored. Votes: 0

The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children. Votes: 0

I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Votes: 0

Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled. Votes: 0

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children. Votes: 0

too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless. Votes: 0

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive. Votes: 0

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools. Votes: 0

Creating a child takes no love or skill; being a parent requires lots of both. Votes: 0

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. Votes: 0

Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent. Votes: 0

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor. Votes: 0

Being a parent, I'm acutely aware of how hard it is to get good childcare. Votes: 0

If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. Votes: 0

As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility. Votes: 0

A parent may be without a job, but no child should be without a doctor. Votes: 0

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective. Votes: 0

You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there. Votes: 0

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent. Votes: 0

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. Votes: 0

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Votes: 0

Your responsibility as a parent is never great as the case is with the mother. Votes: 0

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference. Votes: 0

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children. Votes: 0

As long as anger lives, it continues to be the fruitful parent of many unhappy children. Votes: 0

The fewer words a parent uses, the more aurhoritative the parent sounds & the clearer the instruction. Votes: 0

I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed. Votes: 0

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do. Votes: 0

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune. Votes: 0

Life is love, a gift from god and parent, death is gratitude for a new dimension Votes: 0

Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time. Votes: 0

The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair. Votes: 0

Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents. Votes: 0

Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures. Votes: 0

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Votes: 0

Freedom to really prioritize and really zone into what really matters which is the parent-child connection. Votes: 0

If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster. Votes: 0

I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling. Votes: 0

I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance. Votes: 0

We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents. Votes: 0

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. Votes: 0

If you don’t sign up your kids for cryonics then you are a lousy parent. Votes: 0

Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. Votes: 0

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher. Votes: 0

The love of a parent for a child is the love that should grow towards separation. Votes: 0

I don't think America knows what a gay parent looks like: I am the gay parent, Votes: 0

Christianity knows no truth which is not the child of love and the parent of duty. Votes: 0

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent Votes: 0

Being a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band. Votes: 0

To lose your last remaining parent is the toughest thing. It is a very lonely thing. Votes: 0

It's very important, once you are a parent, that you educate your kid day by day. Votes: 0

One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids. Votes: 0

Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way. Votes: 0

Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent. Votes: 0

My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent. Votes: 0

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. Votes: 0

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child. Votes: 0

To be a visionary parent, we need to keep working on ourselves, becoming forever new and improved. Votes: 0

If you haven't already told your kids 'don't fellate the president' then you're probably a bad parent. Votes: 0

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence. Votes: 0

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. Votes: 0

Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot. Votes: 0

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is: mothers really need to be given the ability to parent. Votes: 0

Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new. Votes: 0

Religion is no more the parent of morality than an incubator is the mother of a chicken. Votes: 0

The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent. Votes: 0

It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child. Votes: 0

Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen. Votes: 0

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent. Votes: 0

Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring. Votes: 0

The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate. Votes: 0

The best thing a parent can do for a child is to love his or her spouse. Votes: 0

Until you become a parent, you can't begin to discover your capacity for strength, love and fatigue. Votes: 0

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent. Votes: 0

Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do? Votes: 0

For a dude, I think I do cook. I'm a stay-at-home parent a lot of the time. Votes: 0

Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive. Votes: 0

Any time your parent says they party with you, that is its own form of child abuse. Votes: 0

My son has one parent who's 50. I want him to have a family of young people, too! Votes: 0

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. Votes: 0

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent. Votes: 0

Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards. Votes: 0

In order for me to parent well I have to empathize and stay open with my son. Votes: 0

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. Votes: 0

Even though you can't control outcomes for your child, you can parent unconditionally with all your heart. Votes: 0

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children. Votes: 0

My feelings towards it can only be paralleled by that of a doting parent towards an idiot child. Votes: 0

One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents. Votes: 0

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters. Votes: 0

There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head. Votes: 0

Children are best corrected to the point of their understanding, not to the extent of a parent's frustration. Votes: 0

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. Votes: 0

The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority. Votes: 0

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. Votes: 0

As a parent with a child with autism, its been really tough to experience your child having autism. Votes: 0

I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent. Votes: 0

My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me. Votes: 0

I believe in God, I just give him more credit than being a single parent and an author. Votes: 0

We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs. Votes: 0

Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child. Votes: 0

I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children! Votes: 0

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? Votes: 0

One knows one's done one's job as a parent properly if one's children reject everything one stands for. Votes: 0

A child's job is to test her boundaries, a parent's is to see that she survives the test. Votes: 0

If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift. Votes: 0

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. Votes: 0

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow. Votes: 0

This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'... Votes: 0

Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong. Votes: 0

The biggest test for parents is not how they parent, but how the respond to disorder and unpredictability. Votes: 0

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend. Votes: 0

As a parent with a child with autism, it's been really tough to experience your child having autism. Votes: 0

Had Mother Nature been a real parent, she would have been in jail for child abuse and murder. Votes: 0

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see. Votes: 0

THE BIGGEST TEST FOR PARENTS IS NOT HOW THEY PARENT, BUT HOW THEY RESPOND TO DISORDER AND UNPREDICTABILITY Votes: 0

We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves. Votes: 0

But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see. Votes: 0

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent. Votes: 0

Being a parent is a gift, one which most men unselfishly allow women to keep all to themselves. Votes: 0

I'm their sole parent, and there is nothing more important than being the best father I can be. Votes: 0

At that moment, she cannot think of a more reckless, irrational thing than choosing to become a parent. Votes: 0

The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise. Votes: 0

After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty. Votes: 0

When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety. Votes: 0

Coaches know that a parent publicly scolding his kid after a race will not help the athlete perform better. Votes: 0

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen. Votes: 0

When you're a parent, you sing better. It becomes a pure pleasure, rather than something I have to do. Votes: 0

Being a parent is apparently more than most men can handle. This is transparent to even the tiniest child. Votes: 0

The best words of wisdom that a parent can say to their child is "I Am proud of you". Votes: 0

Every parent's deepest wish is that their children are self sufficient, happy, and able to live a full life. Votes: 0

Sensibility of mind is indeed the parent of every virtue, but it is the parent of much misery, too. Votes: 0

A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog. Votes: 0

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what its like to lose a beloved parent. Votes: 0

The greatest gift a parent can give a child during all the ups and downs of life is love. Votes: 0

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it. Votes: 0

[I'm a conscious parent when I] believe that my child matters more than their relationship to academics or success. Votes: 0

The best that a parent can be... A demonstrator... A consistent, constant demonstrator of being in your own Vortex. Votes: 0

Earthquakes would be great if they could hit specific areas, like the parent lounge at a children's beauty pageant. Votes: 0

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest. Votes: 0

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child. Votes: 0

The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities. Votes: 0

When Jazz broke through in England, I remember sneaking to listen on the radio much to my parent's disapproval. Votes: 0

Unconditional love is what a child should expect from a parent even though it rarely works out that way. Votes: 0

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence. Votes: 0

Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes. Votes: 0

I lost my dad when I was younger, and I know what it's like to lose a beloved parent. Votes: 0

Every family is a "normal" family- no matter whether it has one parent, two, or no children at all. Votes: 0

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good. Votes: 0

There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil Votes: 0

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking. Votes: 0

I think because I'm not a parent, my most immediate connection to childhood is my memory of my own childhood. Votes: 0

Today is the child of yesterday and the parent of tomorrow. The work you produce today will create your future. Votes: 0

the death of any loved parent is an incalculable lasting blow. Because no one ever loves you again like that. Votes: 0

We see that love manifested normally in the soldier, in the parent, in the lover, and in the spiritual teacher. Votes: 0

You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children. Votes: 0

What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that that must community want for all it's children. Votes: 0

God loves his children more than any earthly parent, so think what your kindness to his children means to him. Votes: 0

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. Votes: 0

Our rule is: If it makes the parent laugh, and the kid asks why, that can't be an uncomfortable conversation. Votes: 0

I am happiest when I'm sitting on my parent's couch with the fire place on and talking to my family. Votes: 0

If a child cannot place implicit confidence in his parent, most assuredly no confidence can be reposed in the child. Votes: 0

The word NO, carries a lot more meaning when spoken by a parent who also knows how to say yes. Votes: 0

Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years! Votes: 0

Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy Votes: 0

Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand. Votes: 0

I couldn't be a responsible enough parent if my kid was born with a new suit and a full-time job. Votes: 0

You can imagine what a dorm room environment is to a CF parent. It's like, oh my God. It's crazy. Votes: 0

I always remind my kids, "I'm your parent, but I'm a human being, too, so I may not be perfect." Votes: 0

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school. Votes: 0

In some ways, I'm slightly like a single parent, so I need to be able to provide for my family. Votes: 0

As a parent, the responsible thing to do - if you love your child - is to vaccinate your child. Votes: 0

I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room. Votes: 0

To a father, when a child dies, the future dies; to a child when a parent dies, the past dies. Votes: 0

I want to be the best parent I can be. I want to be the best husband I can be Votes: 0

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home." Votes: 0

From where can your authority and license as a parent come from, when you who are old, do worse things? Votes: 0

A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY Votes: 0

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him. Votes: 0

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here. Votes: 0

I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way. Votes: 0

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know. Votes: 0

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world. Votes: 0

She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else. Votes: 0

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement. Votes: 0

I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. Votes: 0

As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people. Votes: 0

The most difficult part of dating as a single parent is deciding how much risk your own child's heart is worth. Votes: 0

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. Votes: 0

My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years. Votes: 0

If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent. Votes: 0

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids. Votes: 0

When I was 12, I forgot the keys to my parent's apartment. So I simply climbed up seven floors to get in. Votes: 0

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance. Votes: 0

I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life. Votes: 0

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent. Votes: 0

If the money we donate helps one child or can ease the pain of one parent, those funds are well spent. Votes: 0

When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent. Votes: 0

Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come. Votes: 0

Being a parent and having two young kids, I buy Blu-rays and DVDs all the time. It's like buying a toy. Votes: 0

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe. Votes: 0

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion. Votes: 0

When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good. Votes: 0

If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic. Votes: 0

The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future. Votes: 0

I always say that a successful parent is one who raises a child so that they can pay for their own psychoanalysis. Votes: 0

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes. Votes: 0

An aware parent loves all children he or she interacts with - for you are a caretaker for those moments in time. Votes: 0

The biggest insult to any parent is a child that lives up to society standards and not his or her full potential. Votes: 0

What is the greatest mistake a parent can make?' she asked. 'To believe that your children will be just like you Votes: 0

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman. Votes: 0

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, they go away. Votes: 0

I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined Votes: 0

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child. Votes: 0

Being a good human being is very easy: Be a good son, a good husband, a good parent and a good citizen. Votes: 0

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love. Votes: 0

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it. Votes: 0

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. Votes: 0

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. Votes: 0

There is still quite the vibe out there that as a parent you have to be completely in control and in charge. Votes: 0

I think that becoming a parent kind of made me try to be more responsible. And it made me much more stressful. Votes: 0

Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it. Votes: 0

Everyone wants to say they hate lawyers, and yet I've never met a parent who didn't want their kid to be a lawyer. Votes: 0

If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans. Votes: 0

Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master sin. Votes: 0

God will send aid to no one more readily than He will send it to a child--and to the parent of a child. Votes: 0

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect. Votes: 0

Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves? Votes: 0

No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school. Votes: 0

I'm the kind of parent who asks my kids questions like, 'What would be your ideal thing to do in the summer?' Votes: 0

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence. Votes: 0

I'd like to know what law is it that says that a woman is a better parent, simply by virtue of her sex. Votes: 0

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys. Votes: 0

Asking a parent not to be a parent is like asking the sun not to be hot or snow not to be cold. Votes: 0

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. Votes: 0

My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around. Votes: 0

For not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love. Votes: 0

You want to give him the book of his own life, the book that will locate him, parent him, arm him for the changes. Votes: 0

[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code. Votes: 0

Learning to drive is a scary thing for a parent. I had to basically lie to get the keys when I was a kid. Votes: 0

I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean? Votes: 0

As a parent, do the right thing and you don't get in trouble. If you lead a charmed life, you better act like it. Votes: 0

For love is of God. He is the fountain, author, parent, and commander of love; it is the sum of his law and gospel: Votes: 0

When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents! Votes: 0

The parent who could see his boy as he really is, would shake his head and say: 'Willie is no good; I'll sell him. Votes: 0

A good parent is not someone that knows how to be a good parent, but knows how to learn how to be a good parent. Votes: 0