Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.

My position in the family turned out to be a lucky one; I bore neither the brunt of my mother's newness to parenthood nor the force of her middle-aged traumas, as my younger sister, Ruth, did.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

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

It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.

A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.

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.

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.

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

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.

I think it's probably a universal experience that all parents think they're not hovering, but perhaps we all are.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now where we think if, God forbid, you couldn't talk to someone, you would flip out - you know what I mean?

What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be.

I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!

You learn that there's no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It's just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don't let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.

People forget how the same children brought up with affection, effort, and love are the ones who later kick their parents.