Being A Parent Quotes - Page 5

• If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.

  Steve Burns

  Children, Parent, Watches

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• It's nice to be able to work; I'd love to be able to do another TV show I could do in Chicago so I could live and work in the same place. It's hard being a parent and being in a good marriage, and it all takes a lot of work, but if you're not there you can't do any of it.

  Joan Cusack

  Nice, Tv Shows, Parent

  "RT Interview: Joan Cusack on War, Inc., the Unofficial Sequel to Grosse Point Blank". Interview with Jen Yamato, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. May 22, 2008.

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• My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations.

  Karen Allen

  Son, Parent, Missing

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• Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

  Martin Mull

  Inspirational, Funny, Family

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

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• Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Children, Parenting

  Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.54, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.

  Diana Loomans

  Running, Stars, Children

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• Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Parenting, Light

  Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.54, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If you treat that person with respect, that's fine, that's the way to go. But if you don't, you're not being the parent you could be.

  Art Alexakis

  Children, Parent, Way

  "A Father’s Day Interview With Art Alexakis of Everclear". Interview with Veronica De La Cruz, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 17, 2013.

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• It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

  Johnny Vegas

  Strong, Parent, Lovely

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• The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.

  Vera Farmiga

  Parent, Anxiety, Obsession

  "Q&A: Bates Motel's Vera Farmiga on the Terrors of Parenthood". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. February 1, 2014.

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• Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be.

  Ellen Galinsky

  Baby, Children, Motherhood

  Ellen Galinsky (1981). “Between generations: the six stages of parenthood”, Smithmark Pub

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• Honestly, I don't know if I'd want to be an educator. I find teachers to have more responsibility, in a way, than being a parent. You're molding hundreds of minds every year.

  Eva Amurri

  Teacher, Responsibility, Years

  "Talking About Teaching with Eva Amurri Martino". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2012.

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• I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high school, I found myself spending much time in parent groups worrying about alcohol, unsupervised parties, and parents not being parents. We've got to send messages to our kids about what is important.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Children, Party, School

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• The thing about being a parent it puts priorities in order. Thank God, you're not totally focused on yourself anymore. You get to put your energy out, as opposed to worrying all the time about your own stuff. It's such a relief, but when you think about it, it's like an extension of you. It's like a safer way; you feel less indulgent about it, but they are extensions of yourself, and I think you're freer to love them so unconditionally. That, we're not able to do with our own selves.

  Gretchen Mol

  Thinking, Worry, Priorities

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think, at the end of the century we'll have a generation of parents and a generation of children who won't have had the deep satisfactions of being parents and being children in the way that they might have and are going to spend a lot of time fretting and worrying and being hovered over for nothing. The question isn't so much "What will happen in the long run?" but "What's happening to people's lives right now?"

  Alison Gopnik

  Running, Children, Thinking

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Children are the most amazing thing in the universe, as far as I'm concerned. If you're worrying about how it's going to turn out, you aren't experiencing that day-to-day satisfaction of being with these incredible, extraordinary creatures. Every single one of them is the most incredible, extraordinary creature that you're ever going to want to see. I think the joy of having that deep relationship - that's the core of what being a parent is.

  Alison Gopnik

  Children, Thinking, Worry

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• People talked about being a parent, or being a mother or a father. We don't talk about "wiving" our husbands or "friending" our friends, or "childing" our parents. We just talk about being in a relationship with those people. You don't measure whether your marriage was good based on whether or not your husband is better now than he was 10 years ago, or whether your friend is richer than when they first became your friend. The relationships between parents and children is a kind of love, rather than a kind of work.

  Alison Gopnik

  Mother, Children, Husband

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Being a parent is a huge part of who I am, and of course I share that with other women. I'm not just a business woman. I'm my sons' mother and my husband's wife - although I never post about him on social media because he'd probably divorce me if I did! But I think by showing who I am as a mom and as a business owner, I show other women that we're all balancing those two worlds.

  Elle Macpherson

  Mom, Mother, Divorce

  Source: www.elle.com

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• We put so much pressure on ourselves as parents to be able to do everything, but children are very grateful and understanding. I always find that quality time, even if you just get a little bit, really has a deep impact. But you also need them to know that they can make mistakes, and if they do make a mistake it's OK for them to tell you and that they'll get a second chance.

  Liv Tyler

  Children, Mistake, Grateful

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• Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

  Nick Cave

  Parent, Horrible Person, Limits

  "Feelings are a Bourgeois luxury". Interview with Lindsay Baker, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2003.

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• The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.

  Frank A. Clark

  Children, Parenting, Important

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• Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

  Bill Cosby

  Funny, Motivational, Family

  Twitter post from Jan 09, 2010

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• I definitely related a lot to Perry [from That's Ordinary World movie]. I liked how he put family first. I identified with the exhaustion and klutziness that comes with being a parent, and how he's just a rock-and-roller at heart. For me, it was fun to kind of imagine whether or not this could've been the path I went on, or not.

  Billie Joe Armstrong

  Fun, Heart, Rocks

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• I related so much to the responsibility of being a parent, the responsibility of "did you screw your kid up," the responsibility of letting your own parents down.

  John Krasinski

  Kids, Responsibility, Parent

  "John Krasinski Will Take a Photo with You, but Here's Where He Draws the Line". Interview with Mehera Bonner, www.marieclaire.com. August 24, 2016.

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• We live in a society now where it's very rare for your parents to be around. It used to be like, your mother, grandmothers, your family around would help. Now, you're surrounded by other moms and friends and it's really disorienting, because there's such varying, crazy, different points of view and advice coming at you.

  Kathryn Hahn

  Mom, Mother, Crazy

  "Kathryn Hahn on Pinterest, Motherhood, and What It's Like In Jill Soloway's 'Pussy Womb'". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.mtv.com. July 29, 2016.

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