Paul Fleischman Quotes

We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to.

I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

Yes, we can make prudent choices as parents, but we can't create an environment where there's zero risk for our children. Not only is that impossible, I don't think it's desirable, either.

We need to stop the erosion of parental authority.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Have I got the right to experiment with my child's life?

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

It is not possible for any institutions to interfere in the way parents raise their children.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

As parenting goes, knowing the whereabouts of one's children is pretty fundamental.

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from.

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children.

When your child is very young, you must protect him from doing harm to himself and others, then later by precept, explaining to him what is going to be for his eventual happiness.

I'm going to embarrass my kids - sex is important. Sex is really important.

You have to do all you can as a parent to stop your kid from doing all the craziness that's going on in the world. And although I still have music that's saying one thing, I still let them know what it is, and I'm not doing anything in my music that I wouldn't tell my kids about.