Phil McGraw Quotes

I wish I had a great relationship with my mother.

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

But you know, we have a very normal family. We've had our ups and downs. You know, we've had our issues, but we've had great cause for celebration.

One of the things I would have loved to have had was a family that worked better together, although I love my mother and father to bits.

Who hasn't had an argument with their mother-in-law?

I have a great relationship with my mother-in-law. We're both Leos, we understand each other.

The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not visited on the children.

I've learned that a family can have little glitches without being labeled dysfunctional.

The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.

My relationship with my mother is not cute.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years. We have become more close. I think having kids makes you want to keep the gang together.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

My father is a great grandfather. He's a wonderful grandfather, but he's a terrible husband.

I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.

That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.

Love your parents, but don't have them as your mates.

I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter.

I think, over the years, the way my daughters' friends have embraced me has definitely made my daughters appreciate me more. Of course they take me for granted because I'm the one who's there, but listen, I don't want to be 'the cool mom' who lets things get out of control.That's not my lookout.

I bet I would make a really good daughter-in-law.

There were just a lot of things that happened between my mother and I, and I thought it would be easier if I lived with my grandmother.

Nobody wants a bad relationship with their parents, but at the same time we are all dealt a hand in this life and it's all about what you do with that.

My grandmother is really awful sometimes.

Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is.