Kim Zolciak-Biermann Quotes

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something.

I do think you are supposed to go through wars with your child because otherwise the tearing apart that has to happen when they go off to lead their own life would be unbearable.

When my son first started to take the subway, my husband and I used to follow him to make sure he was all right, and then we had to stop following him and let him do it by himself.

My kids are growing up and it's hard to accept they are their own person and they're independent.

I know that I have raised my sons to be big, strong, independent men who love God, themselves and care for others. I have to learn to let them have space and learn without me.

Let your children go if you want to keep them.

I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.

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

I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their independence, but I think that the opposite is true.

There's a level of protection you need to give to your kids, and then sometimes you need to just let them figure out things on their own.

I'm one of those hovering mothers and I know it's really important to have an independent child, so I'm trying to back off, but it's hard. I love him so much, and he's so funny and cute to me.

If I'm lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I'll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof.

Young people need their own private places which mothers don't belong to, even if they want mother all around the edge of that.

For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the time that most people were heading out. When I was little I was so mad at them all the time. 'Why can't I do this?' 'Why are there so many rules?' But looking back now, my parents gave me the foundation to have so many choices in life.

I think the most important thing my wife Cynthia and I can do for Kristen is to teach her how to grow up to be a woman and make her own decisions. Meanwhile, we sometimes have to guide her.

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.

A mother's job... is very much to hold back the coming of manhood.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.

No, we don't own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

I think there is a time in every person's life where they have to let their parents go and figure out what being a parent means for themselves.

Fathers, for the first time, we have no clue what we're doing. I had no idea when I became a father.

Motherhood is quite challenging. Everyday is a whole new adventure with your child.

I am not an overprotective mother. I am independent and my daughter is independent too.