Quotes about Parents and Kids

Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance. Votes: 3

Conversations between parents and kids are important - about race issues, about all kinds of things, about heritage. Votes: 3

My greatest joy is seeing parents and kids playing Disney 'Epic Mickey' together, handing the controllers back and forth, helping each other out. Votes: 3

Anybody who has children and children who are well feels a sense of responsibility towards parents and kids and families that are struggling and that aren't well. Votes: 3

Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear. Votes: 3

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. Votes: 2

Ring up your parents and ring up your kids and tell them that you love them. Votes: 2

Parents should support and love their kids no matter what. Votes: 1

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids. Votes: 1

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop. Votes: 1

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing. Votes: 1

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare. Votes: 1

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids. Votes: 1

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them. Votes: 1

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild. Votes: 1

I can't stand films where parents are portrayed as old and doddery, and ignore their kids. Votes: 1

Thousands of kids and parents come up to us and say, How do we get better as a singer? Votes: 1

I feel like kids are the perfect psychic investigators of their parents, and kids understand their parents' unconscious better than the parents ever do. Votes: 1

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in. Votes: 1

Parents don't understand kids and kids don't understand parents. My parents were divorced when I was really young and I went to live with my dad. Votes: 1

As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening. Votes: 1

Kids are very sensitive to the value system of their parents, and I just felt my parents were attaching too much importance, too much meaning, to things. Votes: 1

Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26? Parents want their kids to grow up and take care of themselves. A 26-year-old is an adult. Votes: 1

I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids! Votes: 1

I try to be careful because technology changes so much over the years. But some things don't change. Kids and parents have disagreements, kids try to manipulate, parents try to sit down with rules and regs. That part never changes. Votes: 1

Strict parents create sneaky kids. Votes: 0

Losers blame their parents; Failures blame their kids. Votes: 0

The parents are pissed, but the kids love it. Votes: 0

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything. Votes: 0

Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding. Votes: 0

Kids never get pissed at their parents. Unheard of. Votes: 0

I really value people besides parents who nurture kids. Votes: 0

No matter what parents do, kids retain their uniqueness. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless "”unless they've got to. Votes: 0

Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit. Votes: 0

Our parents got to be kids. Now it's our turn. Votes: 0

On Halloween, the parents sent their kids out looking like me. Votes: 0

Kids have parents. Let the parents be responsible for the kids. Votes: 0

The reason kids like rock 'n roll is their parents don't Votes: 0

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. Votes: 0

Take the government away. Let the parents take care of their kids. Votes: 0

You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do. Votes: 0

Like all kids with divorced parents, I have an abundance of holidays. Votes: 0

Kids, help your parents if they don't know how to use a smartphone. Votes: 0

My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9. Votes: 0

When you have very lax parents, you tend to get more conservative kids. Votes: 0

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

It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents. Votes: 0

Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them. Votes: 0

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would. Votes: 0

My advice to educators is collaborate with parents; they know a lot about their kids. Votes: 0

Parents, just keep in mind that kids will always round off to the nearest obscenity.. Votes: 0

K to 12 is partly about babysitting the kids so the parents can do other things. Votes: 0

Kids today are technologically sophisticated. In many families, they are far ahead of their parents Votes: 0

I see a lot of parents now who are really supporting their kids playing music. Votes: 0

Progress! Progress through everybody dying and their kids eventually not caring who their parents hated! Votes: 0

I was a very un-literary child, which might reassure parents with kids who don't read. Votes: 0

Of the top 30 words that parents are calling kids' attention to ('look at the'), 12 are animals. Votes: 0

I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents' No. 1 priority is the kids' education. Votes: 0

If kids really made all the parents better, there wouldn't be crazy kids in the world. Votes: 0

I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents No. 1 priority is the kids education. Votes: 0

When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy. Votes: 0

Kids on the set tend to be a pain, and if they're not, their parents are. Votes: 0

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents. Votes: 0

Kids in America today are overweight and lazy, and it's their parents fault for letting it happen. Votes: 0

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol. Votes: 0

I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems. Votes: 0

Me and Sandra are thoroughly satisfied customers as parents of kids who came through this Orange model. Votes: 0

Kids haven't changed much, but parents seem increasingly unhappy with the child raising phase of their lives. Votes: 0

When parents have college savings accounts for their kids, their kids show higher social and cognitive performance. Votes: 0

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. Votes: 0

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching. Votes: 0

I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Votes: 0

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed. Votes: 0

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed. Votes: 0

Kids today look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to. Votes: 0

Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are? Votes: 0

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents. Votes: 0

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly. Votes: 0

Your parents put a curse on you - Someday your kids are going to act just like you. Votes: 0

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles. Votes: 0

This whole generation of parents - I'm guilty of it too - does too much for their kids. Votes: 0

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again; that's not the case in my family. Votes: 0

Parents should not let kids listen to my music if it's offensive. I wrote these songs for me. Votes: 0

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family. Votes: 0

Parents want their kids' approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents' approval. Votes: 0

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability. Votes: 0

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often, grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you. Votes: 0

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have. Votes: 0

A message to parents who think legalizing weed will make their kids want to try it: they will anyway. Votes: 0

First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave. Votes: 0

Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't need to be alive for that to happen. Votes: 0

I grew up around some people whose parents toured a lot: tough on the marriage, tough on the kids. Votes: 0

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like. Votes: 0

Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store. Votes: 0

Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back to school. Votes: 0

I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment. Votes: 0

My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films. Votes: 0

Kids are not driving themselves to McDonalds. It's not about kids and their choices. It's about parents and their choices. Votes: 0

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being. Votes: 0

Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves. Votes: 0

We're committed to making sure parents have affordable, quality early learning for their kids - there's no question about it. Votes: 0

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. Votes: 0

If you try to target a movie at kids, you end up with something that makes parents take a nap. Votes: 0

Like many parents after a long family holiday, I usually welcome the moment when my kids head back to school. Votes: 0

My message to little kids who aspire to be anything they want to be is to listen to their parents. Votes: 0

I got a family I got to answer to. I got kids my older parents and my preachers and everybody. Votes: 0

I got a family I got to answer to. I got kids... my older parents and my preachers and everybody. Votes: 0

I think that sometimes kids use the show as a jumping off point for talking about things with their parents. Votes: 0

I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs. Votes: 0

Kids don't do what their parents say-they do what they see their parents do. So who was to blame here? Votes: 0

When I was growing up, I wanted to adopt, because I was aware there were kids that didn't have parents. Votes: 0

Kids lose their trust in the parents they love, but still accept them, so they end up not trusting themselves anymore. Votes: 0

The ugly truth is it's the spineless parents who parade their undisciplined children around like royalty that make people dislike kids. Votes: 0

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum. Votes: 0

Jill, we became parents so we could tell our kids what to do. Otherwise we're just the tallest people living here. Votes: 0

You know, kids come to see me in the same way that their parents would go to see a rock concert. Votes: 0

Little kids are that way; they feel if their parents aren't watching what they do then what they do isn't real. Votes: 0

I want to teach parents how they can help their kids with death, grief, and losing things, the journey of life. Votes: 0

But wasn't there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didn't seem fair. Votes: 0

I think some parents think, 'Oh, having kids is so beautiful; I want others to feel the joy I do.' Votes: 0

I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner. Votes: 0

The only reason these kids keep score in these games is for the parents and coaches satisfaction. Who cares? They're 10 years old. Votes: 0

I wish we lived in a world where all kids were loved by their parents how I was and am every day. Votes: 0

I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings. Votes: 0

People are very much worried that our kids are not going to inherit the same opportunities that we inherited from our parents. Votes: 0

I think for real change to happen, it's going to have to come from the kids, the community, the teachers, the parents. Votes: 0

Parents who always whisper the word sex unintentionally tell their kids, I don't want to talk about this. Get your answers elsewhere. Votes: 0

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be. Votes: 0

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen." Votes: 0

I think the biggest problem is parents are so concerned with being friends with their kids. You're not their friend. You're their parent. Votes: 0

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know. Votes: 0

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really. Votes: 0

Sometimes parents limit the experiences their kids will have, saying they are going to fail; they can't ride a bike or do sports. Votes: 0

My parents were farmers' kids from South Dakota. My dad was an engineer. I wanted to be responsible and major in something pragmatic. Votes: 0

Some parents let kids "learn on their own skin" and many of those kids end up, as adults, languishing on their parents' sofas. Votes: 0

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them. Votes: 0

Kids really need love from two parents. It doesn't matter if it's a mom and a mom, or a dad and a dad. Votes: 0

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be. Votes: 0

My parents say that even as a very, very little kid, the way that I acted was dramatically different from other little kids. Votes: 0

When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the window. Votes: 0

I know how much parents love buying clothes for their kids and how they want to give them something new in the closet. Votes: 0

I was lucky enough to have parents who started me on music very early, but most kids don't get that kind of exposure. Votes: 0

Most parents have long understood that kids don't have the judgment, the maturity, the impulse control and insight necessary to make complicated lifelong decisions. Votes: 0

It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents. Votes: 0

If parents don't instruct their kids on the narrow boundaries of respectful behavior toward the opposite sex, their kids won't learn it anywhere else. Votes: 0

I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration. Votes: 0

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem. Votes: 0

I understand why parents worry about books - they're worried about their kids. They want to keep their kids safe. But parents aren't always realistic. Votes: 0

When I look at young kids today I just don't believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they're suicidal. They cannot take the pressure. Votes: 0

A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do. Votes: 0

Nothing reassures parents more than surrounding their kids with the kind of guys who have a lot of weapons and nothing to do on weekdays. Votes: 0

If you ask me, 'Are you for or against gay parents?' for example, having kids - it's hard for me to say, 'Yes.' Votes: 0

My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were entitled to something. Votes: 0

I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator of their kids. Votes: 0

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show. Votes: 0

Kids and violent TV, violent TV and violence, violence and kids. The only people missing from this discussion are the parents. Where are we? Gone. Abdicated. Votes: 0

Let your kids pick their punishments. Our instinct as parents is to order our kids around. It's easier, and we're usually right! But it rarely works. Votes: 0

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been suburban experiences. Votes: 0

But parents and schools have their priorities; making sure our kids eat right because research shows a clear connection between nutrition and student performance in school. Votes: 0

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns. Votes: 0

I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some grandbabies. Votes: 0

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top. Votes: 0

Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important. Votes: 0

I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents. Votes: 0

I have met parents all over the world, and they all just want to raise their kids to a higher standard than they were raised with. Votes: 0

The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't. Votes: 0

Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit how horrible their children are. Votes: 0

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think. Votes: 0

Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form. Votes: 0

A new survey found that 12 percent of parents punish their kids by banning social networking sites. The other 88 percent punish their kids by joining social networking sites. Votes: 0

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger. Votes: 0

Half of teachers leave the profession within their first four years, and kids with behaviour challenges and their parents are cited as one of the major reasons. Votes: 0

My kids have played soccer and baseball and basketball, and the parents who come to games are always saying and doing things that are just wildly inappropriate. Votes: 0

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things. Votes: 0

The parents used to drag the little ones, and now the kids are coming--and they're not little anymore. Things are evolving. Maybe there's a renaissance for our music. Votes: 0

Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing. Votes: 0

I grew up mostly in Germany, but my favorite summer trip was driving from North Carolina to Texas in a camper with my parents and us six kids. Votes: 0

I would say is that kids know about Bernie Sanders and they`re off the radar.In the same way kids knew about Twitter before their parents did. Votes: 0

The terror of the ordinary is what keeps many affluent, educated parents and their kids out of the merely 'decent' schools, the ones that are simply 'fine.' Votes: 0

I think sometimes parents and teachers fail to stretch kids. My mother had a very good sense of how to stretch me just slightly outside my comfort zone. Votes: 0

Growing up poor, I never missed out on anything. My parents did a beautiful job of not making me feel like I was lesser than any other kids. Votes: 0

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids. Votes: 0

One of the things that all kids are taught by their parents is this old "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Votes: 0

Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates. Votes: 0

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to Votes: 0

We don't like what we don't know or understand. Parents don't like the thought of their kids embracing social media because they don't fully understand the benefits and dangers. Votes: 0

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to. Votes: 0

The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills. Votes: 0

New parents always sound like hucksters in a pyramid scheme. Anyone who has kids and then gets you to go and have kids gets a check from Huckster Headquarters. Votes: 0

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me. Votes: 0

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place. Votes: 0

Like most parents, I want everything for my kids that I didn't have. But I don't intend to spoil them. I just enjoy everything that comes naturally with parenthood. Votes: 0

That thing, 'You must stay together for the kids', is out of fashion but is right. It's not arguing parents that children don't like, it is having one parent. Votes: 0

The parents in the room know that texting is actually the best way to communicate with your kids. It might be the only way to communicate with your kids. Votes: 0

I think the world offers so many wonderful varieties of obstacles, but that shouldn't be one for kids - is the worry that 'my parents wont be there.' Votes: 0

A lot of fairy tales are thinly disguised hostility raps against parents. Kids know that they can't make it on their own, that if they were left alone, they would die. Votes: 0

Like their parents, kids flock to see James Bond and Derek Flint movies - outrageously antiheroic heroes who break all the taboos, making attractive the very things the kids are told they shouldn't do themselves. Votes: 0