Quotes about Poor Parenting

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. Votes: 4

The man Hillary [Clinton] introduced at the meeting goes so far as to say that no amount of trauma to children - or poor parenting or anything in their lives - causes them mental disorders. He says it's all biological and genetic and should be treated by drugs. Votes: 3

My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor. Votes: 2

I was an only child. We were so poor, my parents and I had the same room. Votes: 2

I'm a product of public housing. My parents grew up poor, but their dream was to own a home. Votes: 2

Any kid who has two parents who are interested in him and has a houseful of books isn't poor. Votes: 2

As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition. Votes: 2

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children. Votes: 2

Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely. Votes: 2

My parents worked their tails off, but we weren't the poorest people in town. Some people I went to school with, you could tell they were dirt poor. Votes: 2

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much. Votes: 2

I came to Harlem from West Virginia when I was three, after my mother died. My father, who was very poor, gave me up to two wonderful people, my foster parents. Votes: 2

My childhood was rough, we were poor and my parents were alcoholics, but nobody was mean. I knew I was loved. We were on welfare, but I never felt abandoned or unloved. Votes: 2

Meanwhile, parents, students and teachers all report higher satisfaction with charter schools. People like them. They cost less money. They raise the academic achievement of poor kids. Go ahead, get a little enthused. Votes: 2

I grew up in a rural area, I was from kind of a poor family and my parents weren't showbiz people. But going back was strange, and perhaps stranger for the other students. Votes: 2

Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or 19, when she took some training in domestic science. Votes: 2

When I was a kid a long time ago, when the sun rose, I was outside on my bike. If my parents were lucky - poor parents! - I would be home before it got dark. Votes: 2

I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are smarter than some teachers, but in the main I see home-schooling as misguided foolishness. Votes: 2

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that. Votes: 2

If you must know, my parents came from pretty hardscrabble backgrounds in the southern Midwest. I certainly didn't grow up poor, but I did spend my 20s and early 30s juggling temp jobs and choking on massive student-loan debt. Votes: 2

The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St. Louis, Missouri, but Vivian Baxter was born black and poor, to black and poor parents. Later she would grow up and be called beautiful. As a grown woman she would be known as the butter-colored lady with the blowback hair. Votes: 2