Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something.

Dealing with kids, you're always going to have to deal with something. I mean, they're kids.

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow.

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.

You can instill fear in your kids and get them to mind, but they won't function better in the world and your relationship will suffer greatly.

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

I'm currently raising a 15 year old son and an 18 year old daughter, which a guess is my punishment for a wild youth!

I have made a lot of mistakes raising the four Jenner kids.

I don't think I gave my mom too much trouble as a teenager.

I'm a father of three teenage daughters.

It's tough being a teenager, man!

All children will do things that you may not want them to. That's part of parenting.

I feel teenage is an age when you should try and spend most of your time with your child. You can't leave them with maid or servants.

I need to raise my kids. It takes a lot of time and a lot of energy to raise kids and make men of them these days. I don't want them to be lazy and just spend their father's money.

The teenage years are my least favorite, though my son is phenomenal. He does not get in trouble, and he's not a bad kid. But the fact that they think they know so much.

The first boy was always the hardest.

When you're a teenager, a year can be crippling to maneuver through. Some things happen when you're like 13. All of a sudden you go from being this really confident, no-worry little kid to having all these weird insecurities for no reason.

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing.