A lot of preachers‘ kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

I’ve never been a hands-on dad. I’m not ashamed to admit it, but you can’t run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

There is a ‚sanctity‘ involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God’s sake, not a television personality.

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature’s gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.

I didn’t start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born – I started getting wicked BO. You know there’s a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.

I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind.

My children came out as individuals in their own right. They were not my products. They had their own characters and were very strong-minded. I gave them a lot of freedom when they were still very young. The one thing they got from me is morals. They would never betray anyone. They are really good people.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you’re the person who takes them to go poop!

I remember thinking quite logically that I didn’t want to spoil my children with wealth and so that I would create a foundation, but not knowing exactly what it would focus on.

People have told me, ‚You shouldn’t bring your daughter onto the podium, ‚cause it’s the workplace,‘ and things like that. But I’m not gonna really listen to that. I’m gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything’ll be all right.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

If you’re the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I’m a parent. I have daughters.

I didn’t read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.

I’m just wanting to make the proper breakfast and keep the house. That’s my passion. At the request of my kids, I’m taking cooking classes. As I go to sleep at night, I think, ‚Did I do a great job as a mom, or was that an average day?‘

I’ve never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I’m a good person. I believe I’m a good mom. But that’s for my kids to decide, not for the world.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

My son is becoming me – just a silly, silly prankster guy.

I’m sure most parents read to their children to explain what certain things mean. So books are a good way to convey a message to anybody. Everybody reads.

In all my days of schooling, from preschool all the way up to 12th grade, there was not one white person in my class. Literally zero.

Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements.

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.

I’ve been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I’m driving, I hear I’m a moron. I like being a moron.

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

I’ve always felt heroic about my life… As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn’t think that was the case at all. My parents didn’t treat me as a girl.

The trend of opinion among eugenists is that we must make marriage more difficult. Certainly no one who is not a desirable parent should be permitted to produce progeny.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

Just talk to me as a father – not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

My children, to the extent that they have found religion, have found it from me, in that I insist on at least a modicum of religious education for them.

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit ‚how-to-parent‘ strategies both seductive and dangerous.

My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.

My mother was a full-time mother. She didn’t have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences… everything was for her children. I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she’s better than me.

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.

I have been a youngster and I know speeches are boring.

I feel like I’m the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.

I have to be in tune. All the time. I have to be in tune with my husband, where he is, how he’s feeling. I have to be in tune with where my family is.

If I ever had twins, I’d use one for parts.

When a father puts in long hours at work, he’s praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But when a mother stays late at the office, she’s sometimes accused of being selfish, neglecting her kids.

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.

Too many people treat parenting like it’s the 20th item on their to-do list.

I will say this: one of the things that is a pain when you’re expecting children is how much advice unsolicited people give you when you’re not asking for it.

There are some important differences between me and Tony Stark, like I have five kids, so I spend more time going to Disneyland than parties.

All parents are concerned about their children’s well-being. As a parent of three kids, I’m very concerned about their well-being.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

It takes three to make a child.

Children are our most valuable natural resource.

To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn’t be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

Men are what their mothers made them.

I’ve worked with children all my life.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

I think about the milestones from my childhood and what it will be like to watch our kids go through them. Taking Riley to her first day of school was a whirlwind. I can’t imagine what middle school is going to be like, and high school, and graduation.

My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.

Occasionally I’ve seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.