Eddie Vedder Quotes

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

Honestly, I'm not a big activism or politic guy. I wouldn't say I'm super educated in that stuff, and I feel like I shouldn't speak on things that I don't understand too much.

Many, many people - many parents feel that their decisions are, maybe not, great decisions. Every parent has that, you know, parent guilt of my goal is to produce wonderful, productive individuals and put them out into society.

If my daughter says she doesn't like something, I don't do it. It's up to Sophia.

Let your voice be heard. Don't stand idly by and let things happen to you. Question everything; be informed.

I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

To have a baby, raise him and educate him, is something very valuable. But we, as a society, don't see it that way.

I'm not a role model. I say parents should parent and monitor their kids.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties they have faced, but the bottom line is this: I believe very strongly children need a mother and a father in the home.

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it.

An educated people can be easily governed.

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

It's always been my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by then, it's too late.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.