Peter Hedges Quotes

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

Any parent knows how to be the ideal parent.

Raising George Walker was not easy.

I think being a parent is knowing how to love. Sometimes love is discipline, sometimes it's humor, sometimes it's listening.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

Kids teach you a lot of patience.

I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no right way to raise your children. You have to find your own way. It's your way and it's your child.

I want to be a mom who listens.

There isn't a clear-cut way to be a parent. We will all make mistakes.

I am doing everything I can to be a great parent.

My mam and dad have brought me up well.

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

There's no mantra for bringing up a kid.

I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.

I think I would make a good father. I'd be a disciplinarian.

I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.

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.

Like anyone, you could love someone, and it doesn't mean that you're equipped or you were taught or have the patience or the love or the wherewithal to be a good parent. One has nothing to do with the other.

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

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.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.

The most challenging part of being a dad is self-restraint. So often your instinct is to teach and tell. I am constantly reminding myself to listen to them.