Top 270 Parenting Quotes

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.
Mary J. Blige
I think that the ideal of parenting can make people unhappy. It’s that this lie that they’re being told by society that parenting is one thing – and when parenting is something completely different – that’s what makes them unhappy.
Jessica Valenti
I don’t think my music is that big of a deal – my entire life is parenting. The fact that I make records and go off and play shows is a small percentage of my day-to-day existence.
Phil Elverum
Should kids check phones at dinner? I don’t know. To me, that’s a parenting choice.
Sundar Pichai
The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
Kamisese Mara
Parenting is a sensitive, controversial subject, so I say to all the mommas and the daddies of the world God bless and good luck!
Cynthia Bailey
In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.
Laura Moser
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Franklin P. Jones
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
Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there’s a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.
Amy Chua
I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I’m not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don’t think anyone needs that.
Jacinda Ardern
We go into parenting, and we discover that we don’t have the answers. We are at a loss.
Julia Cameron
Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they’re fun, they do things together, they’re best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they’re going to respect Mom.
Tim Allen
People discuss parenting the way they talk about denominations of faith.
Ty Burrell
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I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman’s kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that’s the case, that’s good parenting.
Amy Chua
The most rewarding aspect of parenting is seeing my children be authentic. The most rewarding thing for me is to see them do anything that they’re proud of.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Parenting is a learning process.
Kim Zolciak-Biermann
My parents have always had this philosophy that overindulging your children is one of the worst things you could do as a parent. It’s something that was hammered into my head growing up. And while my mom and dad are not professional authorities on parenting, I can confirm from experience that they had a point.
Dan Levy
Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child’s tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It’s not funny and it’s not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn’t the least bit funny.
Ben Stein
Of course, the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
Jennifer Aniston
Parenting is one of the hardest jobs on earth.
Jennifer Aniston
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
For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.
Anna Getty
Everyone’s generation probably feels like they’re parenting in a better way.
David Sheff
Today’s new age parenting guarantees you’ll hear children screaming, whining, and begging for items and attention in an airplane, store or any other public place.
GloZell
For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting ‘experts’ that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.
Bob Barr
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
James Dobson
Parenting takes a lot of creativity, and I embrace it fully.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Childhood is a short season.
Helen Hayes
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
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.
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The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.
Bill O’Reilly
I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’
Bernie Mac
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn’t been able to keep up.
Andrew J. Bernstein
The parenting style that is good for grit is also the parenting style good for most other things: Be really, really demanding, and be very, very supportive.
Angela Duckworth
All children will do things that you may not want them to. That’s part of parenting.
Carl Hart

In conclusion, parenting is a sacred journey that calls upon us to nurture, guide, and cherish the lives entrusted to us. As we navigate the beautiful complexities of parenthood, may these parenting quotes serve as guiding lights, reminding us of the profound impact we have on our children’s lives. Let us embrace the joys, overcome the challenges, and cultivate a bond of love, respect, and understanding with our children. Remember, parenting is a gift, and the love we pour into our children will shape them and create a brighter future for generations to come.