Edie Falco Quotes

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal.

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

As kids, we grow up thinking our parents are perfect and flawless - well, some of us - but they're trying to do the best they can.

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now where we think if, God forbid, you couldn't talk to someone, you would flip out - you know what I mean?

What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be.

It gets to you as a father when your kids don't react to you in the way you imagine.

If a parent keeps on saying that, 'my kid is not understanding me at all,' he or she needs to look inside and ask, what wrong am I doing that my child is unable to understand me?

My kids still think that, you know, other kids' parents are cooler than I am.

I think our first heroes with whom we discover flaws are our parents.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

So many people have said to me that when you become a school parent, it is like going back to school yourself. Some of those insecurities come out and are projected through your child.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.

A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.

Parents are the worst teachers, if they are good at it and you're not. My father thought I was the densest offspring he could have produced.

I've only recently realized that I have a radically different relationship with my parents than a lot of people.

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