Mignon McLaughlin Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Family, Children, Blessed

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.10, BookBaby

• Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Years

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

• A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Monsters

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.40, BookBaby

• The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Home, Parent

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.41, BookBaby

• Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Dream, Children

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

• Your children vividly remember every unkind thing you ever did to them, plus a few you really didn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Remember

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

• Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Children, Memorable

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

• Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mom, Baby, Parent

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.39, BookBaby

• Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Dog, Children, Motivation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.36, BookBaby

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Faults

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.37, BookBaby

• When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Failing

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