Parent Quotes - Page 62

If grandparents want to have a meaningful and constructive role, the first lesson they must learn is that becoming a grandparent is not having a second chance at parenthood!

Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

By profession I am a soldier and take great pride in that fact, but I am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentialities of death; the other embodies creation and life.

We rarely know who our ancestors were. Who can even remember the names of their great-grandparents? They have vanished into the dim and distant past

A grandparent will tell you, "Have fun!" and a parent will tell you, "Be safe, do a good job, make me proud." You know what I mean? I try to grandparent myself now, because it's important to have fun, it's important to impart the fun in things to other people.

I was an only child. I hung out with my parents.

You’re seventeen. You’re supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents. You’re supposed to be finding out who you are as a person.” “But I already know who I am,” Valkyrie said. “I’m a world-breaker.

When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!

There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products.

If we are to prevent the fabric of our society from coming apart, we must teach our children to excel not only academically, but also in their appreciation of their obligation to others.

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking!

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

Parenthood changes your outlook on life. Makes you realize what things are important. The responsibility is huge. Just to have that responsibility in your hands is a little frightening, but it's exciting at the same time.

My parents divorced when I was one year old so I don't really remember any of the details, but luckily my mom does so she's been really helpful.

Whether or not you have children yourself, you are a parent to the next generation. If we can only stop thinking of children as individual property and think of them as the next generation, then we can realize we all have a role to play.

The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.

Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.

Many foster children have had difficulty making the transition to independent living. Several are homeless, become single parents, commit crimes, or live in poverty. They are also frequent targets of crime.

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

I lived in LA for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys