Glen A. Larson Quotes

Parents can shape a child, but a great teacher can, too.

I never take it as any real pressure. It's like my son. I only gave him one lesson. When I went to give him the second one he said, 'Oh, I can do that dad.' I said, 'Now you're on your own.'

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, because we don't want to have to be babysitting it the whole time.

When you have a little 10-month-old who is climbing up your leg because you are their mountain - there's no nobler reason to get out of bed every day. There's no better reason to live, to make sure you provide as much guidance and as much room for that child to thrive.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.

I've often said that the most important thing you can give your children is wings. Because, you're not gonna always be able to bring food to the nest. You're... sometimes... they're gonna have to be able to fly by themselves.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

You work with every actor differently. It's like if you're a mother, if you have children, some children need more discipline. Other children, you back off of a little bit and let them be. It's the same way with actors. Some actors need a lot of hand holding. Other actors like to be let be, and you let them go.

I believe that a parent's role is to provide a path or opportunity for their children.

Being a mentor is something that's new for me but a role that I take very seriously.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

You can learn so much from children, and you can give them so much.

A father is a person who's around, participating in a child's life. He's a teacher who helps to guide and shape and mold that young person, someone for that young person to talk to, to share with, their ups and their downs, their fears and their concerns.

I have to be a teacher to my daughters.

Bob taught me extraordinary discipline and love.

It's the best feeling in life, when you see a little human, and they look to you, to learn something in life. It's a responsibility, but it's the best feeling in life.

It's important to let children fly on their own. I understood that they needed to create their own life and not be my shadow. Let them make their own decisions, and support them along the way.

Whether dealing with children or chefs, they are all giant babies in need of nurturing.

When you are a father, when you talk to your son or your daughter for the first time, they don't understand you. Of course, you have patience, and you keep talking to them, and eventually they do understand.

Your children should know that you're always there for them, and that they can call on you when needed. But give them the opportunity to learn to solve their own problems.

Parenting is a learning process.

I do believe that mentorship is something I did not get in school, and I don't think it exists in school in a sufficient way.