Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.
My mum has recorded all my programmes and not watched one. My dad says he finds it embarrassing.
My mom is like super cool. I had a young mother. She had me at 16. So me and my mom's relationship is like very vibrant. Like, 'Oh mom, did you hear this song man?'
Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language skills could simply mean that and that the same genes that make parents talkative make children articulate.
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend time not only around the table eating with their parents, but in the kitchen.
All dwarfs are bastards in their father's eyes
Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter.
Time spent with your children is time wisely spent.
I had a son born to me when I was 50, and I thought, 'He needs someone to bowl to him.'
I listen to heavy metal thanks to my son. When I argue with him on the kind of music he is listening to, he says, 'listen to it.' I listen and think well that is not so bad!
Me and me dad didn't have a great relationship when we were younger. We had a good relationship, but it wasn't an affectionate relationship.
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
My children see me being coach enough. I gotta make sure they see me being dad.
Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.
While I have always had a good relationship with my father, much of the time it has been a very limited relationship until I was older. So you can't really give him credit or blame for how I turned out.
I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.
I think there's different parenting styles.
When I was three, my father was three. When I was six, he was six... he needed me to escape from being 50.
Every parent craves for a child, and once their wishes come true, they feel that it's not possible for them to love anyone more that the first born. But the fact is, after you have the second issue, the feeling is, how can I not love the kid?
My son is a better actor than me, only I was luckier.
If I'm working in the city, then as soon as I'm home, I try to lock in on my son for a few hours. Every day. I see how important it is that he's starting to come into my world now. It's just an effort to give him that male mode of being.
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.
Parents must lay down ground rules for their children to help them to grow up and to learn responsibility for their actions. They must learn to stand on their own two feet.
