Gurinder Chadha Quotes

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

My kids still think that, you know, other kids' parents are cooler than I am.

We all have opinions to what our parents really are, whether they agree or not. I'm sure they would feel the same the other way around.

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.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

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

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.

I've always wanted to be sure my parents approve of what I do.

As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to do the best they can.

I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you.

Nobody is going to be more disinterested in your work than your own kid.

Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people.

It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine.

I think our first heroes with whom we discover flaws are our parents.

In my experience on 'New York Undercover,' where I played a dad, I was 26 years old, and I didn't have kids then. And at that time, it would blow me away that people said they became a better parent because of watching my role on that TV show.

I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.

What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

I respect my parents' opinion very much. No matter how old you are, what your parents think is very important. If they like your boyfriend or if they like some work you've done. And if they don't, it's more shattering than anybody else telling you, because they're the most honest.

The number one need in all people is the need for acceptance, the need to experience a sense of belonging to something and someone. The need for acceptance is more powerful in your family than anywhere else.... If that need is not met by your family, trust me, your kids will go elsewhere to seek it in order to find approval and acceptance.