James Dean Quotes

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.

As a parent, you must give your opinion. And if that causes a breach, then it causes a breach.

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

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

Having one child makes you a parent; having two, you are a referee.

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

That undeniable love for your child... that's something I totally get. And the bumps in the road, too. Like, any parent that thinks they have a perfect relationship with their child is a liar, or they're just not present.

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

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

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

I don't agree with the whole 'my mother's my friend' approach, because you're their mum and there has to be a difference between the generations.

We need to stop the erosion of parental authority.

My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.

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

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

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

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do.

I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.

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.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.