Robbie Coltrane Quotes

At some point as adults we cease to be our parents' children and we become our children's parents instead.

My daughter was four when I married Mihir. I share everything with her and I respect her emotions. She has adjusted quite well.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

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.

'Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.

To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

I say to my mother all the time, 'You're the child.' And she says, 'Yeah, you're the mother.' I've been that way with her since I was 11.

It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let go and become their own selves.

One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

My mother, Yolanda, was a little girl who never grew up, and sometimes we would laugh, and I would say things like, 'Okay, so now it looks like I am your mother and you are my daughter,' to which she would reply, 'Well, yes. Handle it and pamper me.'

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.

As a parent I provide all I can, but I think in the best possible scenario you need to have a man.

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

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

With my son, falling off his bike is usually what makes him upset, so a hug goes a long way. But girls are more complicated; my daughter will get bummed out because her friend hurt her feelings. In that case, we'll talk about it. I'll tell her that she's a great friend, and that she needs to talk to her friends about it.

You don't know your child until they get here; you don't know their personality.

We were never intimate mother and children while she was our mother - but... when she became our child, the affection came.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.

I'm not a role model to my kids. They're a role model to me.

My kids seem to be more mature and older than I am now somehow. They've gotten ahead of me somehow. But they're very patient with me.

Having kids certainly gets me to ask the question, 'Who is the adult here, and who is the kid?'