Top 1200 Losing A Parent Quotes & Sayings - Page 10

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

When you're a parent, you're automatically the most uncool person that exists.

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.

Don't just parent your kids, develop them.

Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.

My job as a parent is a temporary responsibility with eternal consequences.

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

To lead or to parent means not being liked sometimes.

The drive to be a parent is strong. It's one of the most ingrained human traits there is.

Every parent wants to see their child settle down.

One of the things that adds tension to our lives is small frustrations. Losing car keys can give you a panic attack. Not being able to find a comb when you get out of the shower, losing scissors and nail clippers, can make you fight with your roommate. The problem is that we think that these things are not supposed to happen to us. And that's what makes us tense. We think we can avoid these frustrations by making ourselves and others be more careful. I like to take the opposite tack-to assume that these things are a part of life and that they will happen no matter what.

I'm a comedian, which is the opposite of a lifestyle that equips you to be a parent.

I think everyone should be a parent at some point in life.

Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.

Having a parent live with you under the best of circumstances can be a terrible stressor.

It's a great relief that you're not as bad a parent as you thought you were.

An answer is invariably the parent of a whole family of new questions.

I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.

Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

As a parent, you're never wrong in your children's eyes.

A man can be a parent without knowing it: a woman cannot.

A good parent gives their child roots and wings.

Educating a child won't be difficult if you get through to the parent.

Your thought is the parent that gives birth to all things.

As a parent, I'm absolutely no different to any other father.

Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

When a parent has two children, it is difficult to pick one favourite.

As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

As a mum, the last thing you need is to be parent-shamed.

I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.

there is probably no such thing as an innocent question, at least not when a parent is doing the asking.

Besides the obvious difference, there was not much distinction between losing a best friend and losing a lover: it was all about intimacy. One moment, you had someone to share your biggest triumphs and fatal flaws with; the next minute, you had to keep them bottled inside. One moment, you'd start to call her to tell her a snippet of news or to vent about your awful day before realizing you did not have that right anymore; the next, you could not remember the digits of her phone number.

I was really strict about my daughter sleeping in her own room, and now she's really independent and likes it that way. So I think for all new moms, I can totally see how you can get wrapped up in making your child 100% your time. But if you could just take 5% or 10% for yourself a day, it won't just make the difference in your confidence, but also your sanity. I think once you just set boundaries and how you're going to parent - everyone parents differently so I hate to be that person to tell them how anyone should parent, I think whatever works for you works.

As a parent, you worry about kids' safety and the world they're living in.

If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.

The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher.

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

What's so sad is when we're younger, if you have a bad parent, that is normal to you and that's what you think of as healthy.

The love of a parent is as much nutrition as a chocolate bar.

There are many things I wish I could redo as a parent.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

There is nothing so humbling as being a parent to young children!

Action is the parent of results; dormancy, the brooding mother of discontent.

However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent.

I think my biggest role as a parent is teaching empathy.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Fortunately, I'm married to someone who's a pretty excellent parent!

As a parent, I often wonder what I should be encouraging my kids to do for a career.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

I don't think it negates your skills as a parent if you're homosexual.

Nobody's gonna be a perfect parent, you know? We're all doing the best we can.

For any parent, all they want is for their child to be safe and cared for.

Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets from the other parent.