Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent. - Carl Jung
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
I would let my kids watch this stuff way before I'd let them watch something like 'Full House' that I think would make them stupid.
There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything. - Uma Thurman
We're in a tough situation because of teenage children, and then we have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so my family and my responsibilities is sort of a juggle. - Wayne Gretzky
My kids are no different than anyone else's - they tend to disagree with everything I say! - Wayne Gretzky
I get a lot of parents coming up to me, telling me they are grooming their kids to be professional athletes. I'm really against that. I think it's a great life, and yeah, you can lead them in that direction. I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it, they want their kids to make it. It puts a lot of undue pressure on the kids. - Wayne Gretzky
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career. - Weird Al Yankovic
They say that parenting is like dancing. You take one step, your child takes another. - Michael Jackson
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again. - Jackie Chan
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. - Brian Tracy
Mother, when your children are irritable, do not make them more so by scolding and fault-finding, but correct their irritability by good nature and mirthfulness. Irritability comes from errors in food, bad air, too little sleep, a necessity for change of scene and surroundings; from confinement in close rooms, and lack of sunshine.
My children give me a great sense of wonder. Just to see them develop into these extraordinary human beings. - Robin Williams
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. - Nikola Tesla
Too often, parents whose children express an interest in farming squelch it because they envision dirt, dust, poverty, and hermit living. But great stories come out of great farming. - Joel Salatin
