Quotes about Parenting

Son, you outgrew my lap, but never my heart.

The average teenager still has all the faults his parents outgrew.

Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car.

In bringing up children, spend on them half as much money and twice as much time.

After momma gave birth to 12 of us kids, we put her up on a pedestal. It was mostly to keep Daddy away from her.

Putting good foods into kids' bodies puts me at peace and makes me really happy.

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.

My wife and I are foster parents.

Shield your son too much, Jessica, and he'll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny.

Love exercised while duty is neglected will make children headstrong, willful, perverse, selfish, and disobedient. If stern duty is left to stand alone without love to soften and win, it will have a similar result. Duty and love must be blended in order that children may be properly disciplined.

I was a stage dad. When I was with Earth, Wind and Fire, I was their stage dad - the O'Jays, I was the stage dad.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.