Parental Concerns Quotes

I was 14, when I wanted to be an actor. My parents were basically like, "This is a very hard life, and you have to be really serious about it, and show us that you're serious about it. You can't drop out of school." They strongly encouraged me not to act professionally until I finished college, which I didn't. And I think they should have been horrified! It's a really hard life. I'd be really scared if I had a child who wanted to be an actor.

Parents can't monitor what you are doing on Snapchat.

Would you rather your child had feminism or cancer?

I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear.

Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.

Men worry about childcare with their wallets, women feel it in their wombs.

When I signed for Vancouver, it was funny because my mom didn't really want me to move away. She was concerned about all my schooling.

Education, day care, health care—there's not a parent in the country that doesn't have a stake in one of these issues.

You can’t think how much anxiety pervades the country about the children’s education. I receive dozens of letters from schools and tutors every day about it.

I'm not politically vocal. I just want what's best for our country. I want our rights respected and those of my son's.

I don't know what my daughter will become.

My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.

Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.

At first I was a little leery to just post photos of my little girl all the time and kind of exploit her to the world.

Well, you have children so you know: little children little troubles, big children, big troubles - it's a saying in Yiddish. Maybe the Chinese said it too.

You have to let kids live their own lives and make their mistakes, but it is difficult now because there are so many things in their lives which weren't in mine - I never had Facebook. And some of the things I see now I'm appalled by. So I'm as nosey about my daughter's life as I can be. I tell her, 'I'm all over you, whether you like it or not.'

To be told that our child's behavior is "normal" offers little solace when our feelings are badly hurt, or when we worry that hisactions are harmful at the moment or may be injurious to his future. It does not help me as a parent nor lessen my worries when my child drives carelessly, even dangerously, if I am told that this is "normal" behavior for children of his age. I'd much prefer him to deviate from the norm and be a cautious driver!

When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.

People wanted to make products based on our child's name, and you don't want anybody trying to benefit off your baby's name.

When you inoculate children with a polio vaccine, you don't sleep well for two or three months.

When we raise our children, we relive our childhood. Forgotten memories, painful and pleasurable, rise to the surface.... So each of us thinks, almost daily, of how our own childhood compares with our children's, and of what our children's future will hold.

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

My thing is I'm always concerned about my kids and their bodies holding up in the industry. We don't have time off. They run 365 days a year and gone all the time and performing every night. I'm kind of leaning for them to go to Hollywood.

Whenever I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'