#parenting

Having children is like living in a frat house - nobody sleeps, everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up. ↗

— Ray Romano

#humor #parenting #humor

My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot. Jamie Fraser ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#parenting #spanking #love

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from "Dear Abby" instead of going to Mom and Dad. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#advice #commentary #counsel #dad #dear

Clary- "How to Come Out to Your Parents," she read out loud. "LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#gay #pamphlet #vampire #parenting

Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. ↗

— Nancy Chodorow

#entails #less #lower #occupation #outside

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#father #me #mother #protected #threatened

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

#develop #emotional #enjoy #enjoy life #healthy

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own. ↗

— Doug Larson

#children #few #few things #more #own

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago. ↗

— Joan Lunden

#almost #america #children #demanding #doing

I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older. ↗

— Eric McCormack

#also #any #believe #better #fathers