Jane Fonda Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

  Jane Fonda

  Children, Moving, Fall

• If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

  Jane Fonda

  Pregnancy, People, Parent

  "Community-Based Doulas: A Good Investment in the Future" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.

• When a significant other - a spouse, a parent or someone you're close to - is dying, it forces you to think about your life, about what you feel about death. What I realized from my dad's dying was that I wasn't scared of dying. But I was terrified of regrets. I was terrified of getting to the end of my life with a lot of Why didn't I's.

  Jane Fonda

  Regret, Thinking, Parent

  Source: www.oprah.com

• Who am I? I'm a survivor. I'm a woman with tremendous inner resources and resilience. I care about people. I believe in 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,' and I live by that. I am becoming authentic, and that's important to me. I have surpassed both my parents in terms of emotional stability, happiness and well-being. And I'm a lucky woman. I've deserved my luck.

  Jane Fonda

  Believe, Emotional, People

• The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.

  Jane Fonda

  Children, Growing Up, Parent

• Parents are supposed to give the child back to herself with love. If they've got duct tape over their eyes because of narcissism, it doesn't happen.

  Jane Fonda

  Children, Eye, Giving

• Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Children

  "Fostering Success" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 29, 2009.

• While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

  Jane Fonda

  Children, Teenage, Parenting

  "Community-Based Doulas: A Good Investment in the Future" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.

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