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
If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed. – Luther Burbank
Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy. – Jenna Morasca
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
My parenting style is probably like that of my parents, because you do how you learn. My mother was very nurturing and loving, but very stern. She was a disciplinary. My dad was also very loving. – Kym Whitley
I am always trying to evolve, so I like to read parenting books and things like that. – Kourtney Kardashian
Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church. – Lynn Johnston
Growth doesn’t hurt. This is what I’ve learned. In the end, it doesn’t hurt. It hurts while it’s happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it’s not a bad – not a bad thing to try for. – Laura Dern
I love to read books that focus on parenting topics because there are so many different ways to do things. I find these books offer a lot of great opinions on many different subjects. – Kourtney Kardashian
We all, as parents, are laughing at ourselves and helicopter parenting and saying, ‘This isn’t the way we were parented; we were allowed to run free.’ When I talk to my friends, we are all fascinated by what we are doing, but we can’t seem to stop ourselves. – Liane Moriarty
You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you’re the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single. – Jane Kaczmarek
I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I’m lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys. – Joan Cusack
My mom and dad gave their kids the greatest gift of all – the gift of unconditional love. They cared deeply about who we would be, and much less about what we would do. – Mitt Romney
I can only speak for my husband and myself, but we don’t feel like we could do any of this parenting without our faith. – Jodi Benson
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. – Robert Fulghum
When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety. – Robert Evans
Parenting girls makes you quite gender-conscious – it’s almost impossible to fight the power of pink. It’s not such a terrible thing to want to be a princess when you’re five, but it would be nice if there were some other options. – Robert Webb
Leave part of the yard rough. Don’t manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes. – Richard Louv
Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I’m definitely the disciplinarian. – Shakira
I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real. – Reese Witherspoon
It’s hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. – Patricia Heaton