Lynn Coady Quotes

I maybe missed money in my childhood, but I didn't miss love, that's for sure. My dad wasn't there, but I can tell you not even once did I think I was missing something.

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

My dad was in my life, and he was actually a very positive influence on me in my life. He was always there. He was a great dad. But my parents divorced when I was 5, so I grew up in a single-parent home.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

Being older, I can't imagine a parent not wanting to be in their kid's life. I will just never understand it. To me, it's priceless.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

I always felt love from both my parents.

Parenthood and having kids puts you in touch with a whole other sort of sensitivity which is nothing but good. You feel more than you ever felt. You feel that vulnerability, but at the same time you wouldn't trade it for anything.

I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.

No matter what the situation you're in, if you're raised in a loving environment, that's the most important thing.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

My mom and dad always taught acting, so instead of getting me babysitters, they would just bring me to class.

I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.

I didn't have a father when I was growing up, and I vowed to be there with my kids.

I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.

Childhood is so important. Without a loving one, you're vulnerable throughout your life. We're all the things our parents are - the good and the not so good. Thankfully, I have a wonderful wife who's a brilliant mother.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

When I was young, I didn't like going to school, but I loved my dad. He was my professor.

If you don't feel safe as a child, you can't learn.

There was no demonstration of love I could read as a little boy.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.