Shooter Jennings Quotes

Once you have a small child who depends on you for every little thing, you're responsible for him. It's a huge responsibility. For me, it makes me into a more responsible person.

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

They are amazing kids so we let them make decisions but also have discipline.

I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would be almost too much for me.

Besides being responsible for myself, I'm now responsible for someone else. And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to.

When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have to try and become the person that they deserve.

One of the biggest lessons I've learnt is patience. It's critical when raising a child.

I feel like I'm going to be like the ghetto 'Gilmore Girls' because I feel like this child is going to be more mature than I am because just look at me!

Having a kid motivates you to really take stock of yourself and how much of yourself you want to be reflected back in the actions of your kid.

Parenting is more than a numbers game: it's a question of whether people are equipped for the toughest job they will ever be asked to do.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to be that responsibility.

I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.

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.

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.

And I tell people I'm in charge of children, children I haven't even met yet.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

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.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.