Parental Compromise Quotes

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.

Every parent, no matter how cultured or sophisticated, will one day succumb to a child's pleas to visit Walt Disney World Resort.

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

Since we had our son, all TV is negotiable.

I do let the kids play on devices when we eat out - it's better than being thrown out of a restaurant.

When I would see my friends with their kids, I was envious that you can use children to get out of just about anything. If you don't feel like going to a dinner party, you could say, 'My kid's sick. I can't make it.' Who's gonna argue with you?

With a parent, it's always guilt. You want to be there, but you kind of also want to be here.

I went on holiday with my kids and I had to make the choice - a good vacation for me, or a good vacation for them. A good vacation for them is to be with other Swedish kids, so I chose that, but I had to say, you have to behave, because I can't have a scene in the restaurant.