Blase J. Cupich Quotes

I wish my grandparents were around to see my children.

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

I write about families. That is who we are.

I've been accused of being old before my time more than once. It's true that I've always felt an affinity for, and been comfortable around, older people. I attribute this to a childhood spent around my grandparents - and even a great-grandparent or two. I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything.

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

One thing that's great about seeing your kids is you see things that you admired in your parents.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.

I hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life - the relationship between parent and child.

I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring.

Each day the thought crosses my mind that when they get older, my kids are going to look back and think about how they were raised. I know they will have a lot of questions about things that may not make sense because they were raised so unconventionally.

If you know that you've given the right upbringing and knowledge to your children, you have already won half the battle.

Strong families are vital to strong societies.

Family life is fragmenting in this modern age, but it's up to all of us to keep it together.

I never got to know my grandparents, and I am envious of my friends who have a special relationship with theirs.

My grandma was a very traditional woman but, at the same time, would want me to have kids.

My grandparents had always helped look after me, they were always there.

The family is the foundation of everything.

My mom. My grandma, my grandfather. We have a very strong, strong line of amazing people in the family. Very strong women.

I spent the most impressionable years of my life with my grandparents, and they meant a lot to me, which is why I wanted them to come around with my decision of acting.

I know for sure my son will grow up one day to say I was a great dad.

The French talk about education, the education of their children. They don't talk about raising kids. They talk about education. And that has nothing to do with school. It's this kind of broad description of how you raise children and what you teach them.

I'm a reflection of my mom, my brothers and everyone in my family. How I carry myself is a reflection of how they raised me. I've learned that.