Parenting Quotes

162. As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one’s children is pretty fundamental.

^{Katie Hopkins}

163. I do think that there’s an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

^{Elizabeth Berg}

164. My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won’t say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.

^{Angela Duckworth}

165. Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to become reality and watched as the concept of maintaining a ‘growth mindset’ has taken root in education and parenting circles.

^{Carol S. Dweck}

166. I’m a parent, especially when you’ve had the intense parenting the way I had. It’s all in the bank. It’s all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That’s the stuff that makes your work rich, that’s what you dip into.

^{Hector Elizondo}

167. Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.

^{Carl Honore}

168. Happiness is not always through success. Equally, the constant pursuit of success is sure unhappiness. But we have to find the balance. My own thoughts are that parenting is very personal. And we all feel enormous insecurity about parenting. What are they going to think of us 20 years down the line?

^{Amy Chua}

169. Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called ‘parenting’ is becoming increasingly difficult.

^{Craig T. Nelson}

170. I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’

^{Bernie Mac}

171. We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles; the love, not the disappointments; the common sense, not the complexities.

^{Fred G. Gosman}

172. Should kids check phones at dinner? I don’t know. To me, that’s a parenting choice.

^{Sundar Pichai}

173. Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there’s a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.

^{Amy Chua}

174. There have been a lot of times when work and parenting conflicted for me. Every day.

^{Cathy McMorris Rodgers}

175. 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.

^{Mary J. Blige}

176. I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there’s a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.

^{Amy Chua}

177. The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

^{Brene Brown}

178. My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

^{Christie Brinkley}

179. The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

^{Helena Bonham Carter}

180. My whole thing with parenting, even though this is my first time, I want to just put five or six objects on the floor – a trumpet, a piano, some dancing or a computer or whatever it is, and just see what he picks up.

^Omarion

181. There’s this constant guilt that comes with parenting. You always feel like you’re never enough. If you’re confident in your parenting, you probably suck at it.

^{Nia Vardalos}

182. Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up.

^{Jillian Michaels}

183. Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian.

^Shakira

184. I’m endlessly fascinated by parenting, marriage, my wife and the ins and outs of marriage.

^{Rob Delaney}

185. The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.

^{Bill O’Reilly}

186. It’s really hard to figure out what they need to know. And that’s parenting, in general. It’s hard to figure out what would benefit your kids and what would just make them needlessly frightened.

^{John Ross Bowie}

187. I have become more and more afraid about marriage and parenting. I think it’s because I am getting older. Of course, there will be a lot to learn, and I also know that the experience will help in my acting.

^{Gong Yoo}

188. My approach to parenting is the same as my approach to life: it’s all about putting in the hours and working hard.

^{Perez Hilton}

189. For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.

^{Anna Getty}

190. I adore my family. I don’t love their politics. I think they’re wonderful parents. They were dreadful at parenting.

^{Alexandra Fuller}

191. ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.

^{Taylor Sheridan}

192. Parenting is much more nerve-wracking than ‘Jeopardy!’

^{James Holzhauer}

193. I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That’s what parenting is: You’re not there for yourself; you’re there for your offspring and everyone else around you.

^{Conrad Anker}

194. Attachment parenting demands not just certain actions you take with your baby but also certain emotional states to accompany those actions.

^{Hanna Rosin}

195. I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they’re the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight.

^{Glennon Doyle Melton}

196. No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I’m not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

^{Bill Cosby}

197. My childhood should have taught me lessons for my own fatherhood, but it didn’t because parenting can only be learned by people who have no children.

^{Bill Cosby}

198. If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press.

^{Henry Reed}

199. I’m hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit.

^{Lisa Whelchel}

200. Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation’s highways.

^{Dennis Miller}

201. My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but ‘Harry Potter’, too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don’t you?

^{Robbie Coltrane}

202. I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

^{Tori Spelling}

203. I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam.

^{Debra Winger}

204. No, I’ve never wanted kids. But I do read about parenting a lot.

^{Fiona Apple}

205. I’m trying to break any chain of negative parenting that I might have survived.

^{Eddie Vedder}

206. Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.

^{Jennifer Aniston}

207. I have a neuroscience background – that’s what my doctorate is in – and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that.

^{Mayim Bialik}

208. Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose.

^{Mayim Bialik}

209. I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

^{Mika Brzezinski}

210. For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is specialand entitled to all life has to offer.

^{Bob Barr}

211. My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage – everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ.

^{Lee Strobel}

212. When I was a kid, my mother’s parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.

^{Ariel Gore}

213. I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

^{Tamora Pierce}

214. Learning from wolves to interact with pet dogs makes about as much sense as, ‘I want to improve my parenting – let’s see how the chimps do it!’

^{Ian Dunbar}

215. Here’s a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.

^{Bruce Feiler}

216. I set out to write an anti-parenting parenting book.

^{Bruce Feiler}

217. I’m afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

^{Alison Gopnik}