Being A Parent Quotes - Page 3

• Being a parent is absolutely exhausting and draining, along with all the joy and love.

  Anne Lamott

  Joy, Parent, And Love

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had.

  Eric Benet

  Blessing, Parent, Wonderful

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I was pretty much a single-father for most of my daughter India's life. Looking back, were there things I could've done better? Yes, but I'm still pretty proud of myself for having raised such an amazing individual. Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had.

  Eric Benet

  Daughter, Blessing, Parent

  Source: aalbc.com

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• There are many important elements to being a parent. A lot of people don't have fathers but they might have someone in their life who's a good male influence and support. There's no cookie-cutter way of raising children and no family is the same, but the most important thing is that children are loved, supported and cared for, whether it's coming from a relative or a friend or a grandfather or a good school teacher. Anyone. Children just need good examples and mentoring to teach them and show them how to do things.

  Liv Tyler

  Teacher, Children, Father

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• The love of a child is different from any other type of love on the planet. And being loved by your children is a love that is immense. I'm always so overwhelmed by how much my children love me. I think the best part of being a parent is feeling the love of a child.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Children, Thinking, Parent

  Source: aalbc.com

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• The thing I like the best, especially being a parent of so many kids, Is that they're all so different. You love them all equally, but they're all so different from each other and that's the cool thing, to see their personalities start to develop and see how unique and different they all are and to be able to love them in their own unique ways. It's really, really, really special.

  Nick Lachey

  Kids, Unique, Personality

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

  Harlan Coben

  Children, Real, Heart

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• I don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to know that when school stops, learning continues, and to continue teaching at home.

  Erykah Badu

  Teaching, Home, School

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• I consider myself a modern-day dad, where I still got rock'n'roll in me, but yet I take being a parent and relationships very seriously in life. I'm tired of the image of the father as a fat, beer-chugging, stupid guy. That image has to change. I'm changing it, baby, one city at a time.

  Jim Breuer

  Baby, Dad, Father

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.

  Patricia Richardson

  Decision, Parent, Balance

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.

  Natasha Trethewey

  Parent, Towns, Born

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• Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.

  Rosalind Wiseman

  Giving, Parent, Doe

  "Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. March 29, 2006.

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

  Dee Snider

  Children, Parent

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Father, Responsibility, Thinking

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• Being a parent is amazing.

  Angela Kinsey

  Parent

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

  Noel Gallagher

  Parent, Months, Nine

  "The Gallagher interview in full". www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2005.

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• When I'm writing for a book, it's much more reflective process. I have certain things that may not translate well to the stage, but, when they're on the page, people can really get into them. My first two books were aiming to be funnier, but the third was more about deep exploration. Things about being a parent and growing older that I thought would be perfect for a book.

  Paul Reiser

  Book, Writing, Two

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• The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Parent, Mind, Reason

  Mary Wollstonecraft (2015). “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”, p.190, Booklassic

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• If I could only do one exercise, it would be dead lifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a... lot of cardio just from being a parent.

  Hugh Jackman

  Running, Kids, Exercise

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• Being a parent is a life sentence. From the day that kid is born until the day you die and then some. Mom, there is nothing to forgive. You gave me life. And, hey, you're not crazy anymore. Everybody thinks I am. Real funny, mom.

  Christopher Titus

  Crazy, Real, Kids

  "Titus / The Visit". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Being a parent is a life sentence. You see, that's why normal people should not have children because if you raise a kid with only love and support, I guarantee that kid will be in rehab by the time he is 16. Why? Because you never introduced him to Mr. Back-of-Your-Hand. You know why I only broke into a liquor store once? 'Cause my father introduced me to Mr. Back-of-His-Hand and its wiley sidekick, Mr. Foot-in-My-Ass.

  Christopher Titus

  Children, Father, Kids

  "Titus / The Visit". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• Being pregnant taught me how to be a better writer. It was a lesson in negative capability and surrendering to necessity. Suddenly, my body instinctually yielded to the needs of this growing being, and I had no choice but to embrace what was happening and all that lay ahead, even if I was afraid and uncertain. So, while being a parent has made writing more challenging, it has also made being a writer more certain. There's no room to procrastinate; there is to time for fear.

  Robin Beth Schaer

  Writing, Parent, Choices

  Source: therumpus.net

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• 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.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspiring, Funny Inspirational, Children

  Anne Lamott (1994). “Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year”, Fawcett

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• I'm not good for you. I don't know why you make me want you so bad. I was angry with myself when I said all that earlier. I was mad because I wanted you in a way I'd never experienced before. Before you, I just wanted to excel in football and school. I wanted my parents to be proud of me. But now, I want other things too. You get to me in a way I don't understand

  Abbi Glines

  Football, School, Mad

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• 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.

  Jim DeMint

  Mom, Fathers Day, Dad

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