Parenting Quotes

Do remember to pick your battles when you start parenting your stepchildren.

Somebody once told me I treated my smart phone like Wilson, the volleyball Tom Hanks turns into a friend when he's stranded on a desert island in that movie 'Castaway.' It's an apt comparison: parenting a toddler occasionally feels like being marooned, and your phone is your only connection to the rest of the world.

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.

Parenting definitely has some challenging moments.

The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don't have to compromise one for the other.

America's parenting customs can shock foreigners.

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

Parenting is something that I got early, because when you grow up without a father being there, and you see a single mother struggle to feed the kids, you do not want to put your own blood through that.

I don't want to believe it - that parenting itself makes art hard, that you must always sacrifice one for the other, that there is something inherently selfish and greedy and darkly obsessive in the desire to care as much about the thing you are writing or making as you do about the other humans in your life. What parent would want to believe this?

I was emancipated at 15. I went to school and had a full-time job and apartment, and ever since, I've been on my own, parenting myself.

It's not your responsibility to comment on parenting for others. I would hate if someone did that to me.

As I started parenting, I realised there is no formula to it.

Mum and Dad had high expectations of us as human beings - it wasn't just about education. It's a fantastic way to go about parenting, and I aspire to that.

I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting.

Parenting is perhaps the most important job we have in our lives.

How my parents are in the kitchen is a good indicator of their parenting style. Mum cooks for sustenance, wants to get in and out, the job done quickly. My Dad wants to prance around in the kitchen, create a curry - and a mess - and entertain everyone.

I don't think my music is that big of a deal - my entire life is parenting. The fact that I make records and go off and play shows is a small percentage of my day-to-day existence.

Parenting is different for everybody.

I'm no parenting guru. I suppose you just take everyday as it comes and do what you think is best.

You hear so much awful stuff before you have a kid, like you'll never sleep again, we always knew it would be utter garbage. We're pretty relaxed people, the less stressed you are the more easy you'll find parenting.