Toby Young Quotes

My life has always been with my dad. Since I can remember, I was raised by my father my entire life. So he's kind of been that mom and father figure - always.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on.

A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do.

When a child grows up without a father, there is an empty place where someone must stand, providing an example of character and confidence.

My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred to his wishes. Except me. I did not defer and was disciplined accordingly.

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.

I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems.

I want to be the dad that my father never was.

I've always had trouble with male authority figures because my father was such a martinet.

For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents.

I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.

I think it's always natural for children to rebel against their parents and establish their own identity. And also, I think parents get invested in, you know, doing the right thing? And so their anxiety about being good parents might, in a way, affect a relationship negatively.

Always obey your parents - when they are present.

There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.

When a child is small, it is his mother who is mainly responsible for the way he is brought up. So it was with me. I belonged in those days to my mother rather than my father.

Some parents want to be popular, but that's not their job.

My mom was the organized enforcer. When someone crossed the line, mom was pretty clear-minded about how to... correct that error. But my dad led by his example, so we never wanted to do anything wrong that would, that would upset him or disturb him.

I have no worthwhile memories of my father, therefore no idea of what a father's role should be.

For parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power.

Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.

When we recognize the rod of a father, should we not show ourselves docile children rather than rebelliously desperate men who have been hardened in their evil doings?

Whatever the parents are doing, the kids will follow suit.

A father is the template of a man Nature gives a girl

Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers.