Laurence Fishburne Quotes

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.

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

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

When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old man with children of my own, I am certain that all parents are evil.

I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you.

You can become very serious as a parent. That's got to be fought against.

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

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

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

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

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

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

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

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.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people.

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?

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

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

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.

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.