#parenting

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#become #grow #grow up #mothers #politicians

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#dip #especially #experience #great #had

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#been #child #discourage #environment #kids

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up. ↗

— Tina Turner

#growing #growing up #had #having #i

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook? ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#always #appreciated #closeness #criticize #distance

The Golden Rule of Parenting is; do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you! ↗

— Louise Hart

#done #golden #golden rule #had #parenting

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

#add #burden #disability #disease #enough

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze. ↗

— Tori Spelling

#breeze #i #once #out #parenting

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#child #day #end #end of the day #involvement

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