1. Sociologists well understand that chaos at home causes violent behavior, educational failure and social alienation among children. Yet, many of us in America stay far, far away from this topic. That in itself is a national scandal. Bad parenting is gravely harming this nation. - Bill O'Reilly
2. Most moms and dads, they want to be good moms and dads. But it's an incredibly hard job when you are stressed out, when you are poor, when your life is in chaos. And giving them some of the tools to be better parents, to whittle away at that parenting gap, gives those kids a much better starting point in life. - Nicholas Kristof
3. I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild. - Steven Spielberg
4. Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children. - George Will
5. Kids are soft these days, period, end of the story in every respect. People coddle them too much. I'm sick of that; it's irresponsible parenting. Taking care of them is one thing, but turning little boys into little girls because you're coddling them so much, kids need to have experiences on their own. - Bill Goldberg
6. Parenting is tough. - Kate Middleton
7. Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children. - Kate Middleton
8. You learn that there's no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It's just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don't let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do. - Stephen Curry
9. 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. - Rza
10. Whether I'm running, working, relating, parenting, learning - whatever I'm doing, I want to surround myself with people who push me. - Kristin Armstrong
11. Do you think it is possible to increase your intellectual ability? For decades, I have studied the power of this belief to become reality and watched as the concept of maintaining a 'growth mindset' has taken root in education and parenting circles. - Carol S. Dweck
12. The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do. - Helena Bonham Carter
13. Society should see parenting as a public health issue and help parents to bring their children up feeling loved. We have birthing classes, but no parenting classes. The latter is desperately needed if we are to avoid self-destruction. - Bernie Siegel
14. There's no handbook for parenting. So you walk a very fine line as a parent because you are civilizing these raw things. They will tip the coffee over and finger-paint on the table. At some point, you have to say, 'We're gonna have to clean that up because you don't paint with coffee on a table.' - Gary Oldman
15. I love to read books that focus on parenting topics because there are so many different ways to do things. I find these books offer a lot of great opinions on many different subjects. - Kourtney Kardashian
16. I am always trying to evolve, so I like to read parenting books and things like that. - Kourtney Kardashian
17. Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem, and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence - and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life. - Nathaniel Branden
18. Thing is, I went to a born-again Christian high school, was brought up in a traditional Mormon family where these ideas about parenting are of structure and sacrifice. To think outside of that idea of family and parenting that I've grown up with is tough but also very freeing. - Paul Walker
19. Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways. - Dennis Miller
20. I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day. - Sarah Jessica Parker
21. Your skills may not be anything out of the ordinary, but you can do miraculous things with what you've got. Maybe it's your parenting skills, or your compassion. It may be your curiosity, your imagination or unique style of fashion. Even if it seems to be no big deal, the lesson here is we all have unique abilities and talents. - Chris Gardner
22. Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting. - Jonathan Safran Foer
23. We learn much of parenting from our own parents. My love for my father deepened profoundly when he was kind, patient, and understanding. - James E. Faust
24. My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home. - Christie Brinkley
25. I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting. - Derren Brown
26. As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental. - Katie Hopkins
27. If two very different people pool their DNA, they'll create more genetic variety, and their young will come to the job of parenting with a wider array of skills. - Helen Fisher
28. Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up. - Jillian Michaels
29. I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it. - Jesmyn Ward
30. I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.' - Pat Conroy
31. I don't think my father considered allowing a teenager to follow his dreams was necessarily good parenting, or even parenting. I think he thought I was a teenager with teenage impulses. I'm pretty sure he knew that if he just let me follow those impulses, it would wind up being very expensive and perhaps even life-endangering. - W. Bruce Cameron
32. Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have to lie to him. - W. Bruce Cameron
33. Women are individuals in parenting, and why not? - Erica Jong
34. Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard. - Karamo Brown
35. Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. - Emma Thompson
36. I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect. - Barry Humphries
37. Parenting involves two separate activities. You have to change your child in that you need to educate your child and instill moral values in them. But you also need to celebrate your child for who he or she is and make them feel really good. - Andrew Solomon
38. Parenting is no sport for perfectionists. - Andrew Solomon
39. The thing about parenting rules is there aren't any. That's what makes it so difficult. - Ewan McGregor
40. Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There's no sense of something earned. I'm sorry, but when you're 12, you don't need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out. - Ewan McGregor
41. My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit. - Dawn French
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