Susan Powter Quotes

I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.

We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.

I don't live through my kids. But I do know what will happen in life, and I just want them well prepared.

I love spending time with young people. I love to hear about what they think. It keeps me young. And they need role models.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.

But the people who give me the best reality check are my children.

Throughout my life, my mom, my dad, my grandmother - these were people who made sure that I had the right people around me uplifting me.

I had some really incredible people who mentored me and gave me things I never got from my parents.

My parenting heroes are the Obamas! They've been married for so long, and it looks like they're having fun, and their kids are down to earth, well-adjusted, and smart. They seem to have a strong family unit that I would like to emulate in my life.

There's no one more valuable for me to learn from than Tom and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, in a lot of ways. Every time I'm around them, I learn. The way they are with their kids, the way they make time to spend with each other, they are just good people.

Years later, nothing makes me more grateful as a parent than my daughters' encounters with classroom wizards.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough.

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

I hang out with people who are amazing parents and really value a rich living. I'm not talking about monetarily. I'm talking spiritually and mentally, and we help make sure that each one is on their game for their spouses.

You come from a happy family; you want to create a happy family.

You can choose your family sometimes. You can choose people, it could be a teacher, it could be a professor, it could be someone you work with that actually genuinely cares about you and wants you to succeed.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriends - and he accepts it.

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.

Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.

What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is.

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.

Ever since the kids were babies, we have treated them with respect. We are the mom and dad for sure, but we look for opportunities for us to sit down and say, 'How are things going for you? Is there anything that we can do as parents to help you? Let's all come up with a solution together.' We work better as a team.