“If I had a son or daughter come out and tell me they're gay, I'd only respond with I know. This way, if it's a prank, they just got pranked back. If they're serious, I look like an understanding parent. Win-win.”— jpolic01212, reddit.com
“I’ve come to appreciate the greatest gift any parent can give their child is saying yes to spending time with them.”— Kurt Warner, thegazette.com
“It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.”— Dawn French, amazon.com
“A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.”— Banksky, amazon.com
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“One of the side benefits of being an at-home entrepreneur as a parent is that I can share what I do with my kids and show them first-hand what it's like to build a business, and more importantly the benefit of serving others.”— Pat Flynn, instagram.com
“In her loving and sometimes shocking memoir, 'What It Used To Be Like', Maryann Buck Carver remembered an argument the couple had a few days after their wedding, in which her new husband announced that he regretted marrying and would always choose writing over her. Swallowing her own ambition, she d…”— Olivia Laing, amazon.com
“Mothers don't realize, but when they put their sons and boys (even when they have grown into men) ahead of their daughters, they are leaving the most painful heartbreaking legacy: that we are inferior. That we do not deserve love as easily, and must work for it with all our blood and sweat, tears an…”— Monique Wilson, facebook.com
“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”— L.R. Knost, amazon.com
“Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”— L.R. Knost, amazon.com
“You’re a great person, and I’ll never be afraid of what’s going on with you.’”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“Be sweet to a baby and let them know all big people aren’t a) dead inside, b) angry, or c) afraid of adventure.”— Adam Gnade, amazon.com
“Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“You have kids and you think I made you, so we're the same, but it's not true. You just get to live with them for a while and maybe help them figure things out.”— Noah Hawley, amazon.com
“Your mom’s concerned. Even your own mother is making hints that a little human contact of the carnal kind would do you good.”— Julia Austin, madamenoire.com