Parent Quotes
Success isn't ideal for every child. If we think a child would do better in a different school, whether it's a specialized program or just a school with a different approach, we'll tell a parent that, as we should.
Eva Moskowitz
All teenagers want to rebel a little and break away. But I think you are always going to want to go back to your parents for that safety they provide.
Saoirse Ronan
It's shocking how sophisticated little kids can be, when it comes to behaving in a professional manner, and that's a credit to their parents.
Sean Astin
If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.
Carol S. Dweck
We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith.
Neil L. Andersen
My parents didn't want me to be an actor. They didn't think I could take the rejection, and I have to say they were probably right.
Rupert Penry-Jones
Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
Roger Federer
Our rule is: If it makes the parent laugh, and the kid asks why, that can't be an uncomfortable conversation.
Dan Povenmire
There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.
Bill Clinton
The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, aggravating the drug problem, depriving the sick of needed help and suckering well-intentioned conservatives and countless frightened parents.
William Francis Buckley
My parents never understood me; they were Japanese.
Chic Murray
At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try.
Erika Christensen
I just liked the feeling of being on stage. My parents weren't pushing me, they didn't have to, I was obsessed.
Harry Connick, Jr.
I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving parents.
Michael Eric Dyson
What parents said they valued most were discussions with teachers and heads, and what they wanted was more descriptive information in their children's school reports. This is particularly true for primary schools. Parents wanted to know much more than just how their children were doing academically.
Carol J. Adams
I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.
P. K. Subban
If there is one thing educators can agree on, it's this: children do better in school when their parents get involved in their learning.
William Bennett
If you are close to your parents or a grandparent, you watch as they get old and you learn so much from that, and it makes you want to learn more while you have time.
Shooter Jennings
