I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent.
My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
Too many people try to please their parents. My parents were Republicans, which is too bad, but they allowed me to be who I wanted to be.
Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.
Because we believe ourselves to be better parents than our parents, we expect to produce better children than they produced.
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.
Stef: [to her parents] I lost my glasses. Andy: [to her parents] Can I take piano lessons?
I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that their parents be real.
I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to have a job, like the parents of every other kid I went to school with.
I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together.
I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.
We've got too many young girls, who don't know how to parent, turning themselves into parents.
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and financial state as well as how ready you are to take on the rigors of parenthood. Our children are our most p...
I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.
I'm lucky my parents travel with me.
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