No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. Marcelene Cox on parenting
I don't think children's inner feelings have changed. They still want a mother and father in the very same house they want places to play. Beverly Cleary on parenting
There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children. Andrew Shue on parenting
I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin. Norma Shearer on parenting
It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. Anne Sullivan on parenting
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up. Tina Turner on parenting
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp. Marjorie Holmes on parenting
We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children. John Sculley on parenting
I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence. Brooke Shields on parenting
Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. Stevie Nicks on parenting
Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station. Robbie Coltrane on parenting
That's my ideal day, time with my boys. Kenny G on parenting
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. Lynn Johnston on parenting
We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? Ellen Goodman on parenting
Home life's great, man. The kids are great, happy and healthy. I've reached this sort of wonderful precipice. Ryan Phillippe on parenting
My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education. John H. Johnson on parenting
We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free. John Walters on parenting
I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies. June Allyson on parenting
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. Coretta Scott King on parenting
My mom's a Catholic, and my dad's a Jew, and they didn't want anything to do with anything. Isabelle Huppert on parenting