Parenting Quality Quotes

Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents].

I'm a parent, and I regulate what my kids listen to. I don't need the government to be the parent. If I'm a crappy parent, then I need the government involved.

Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is no difference between children who are raised by same-sex parents and children who are raised by opposite-sex parents. What matters is that children are being raised in a stable, loving environment.

I've seen wonderful stay-at-home moms and moms who could use a little improving.

I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married.

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one.

I think you are looking at sexuality and not attributes, and I think it's odd because the conservative mantra is a meritocracy. And I think what you're suggesting is the fact that being gay parents makes you not as good as others. And I would suggest that a loving, gay family with a financially secure background beats the hell out of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline any day of the week.

I have been blessed in my career and I was able to afford the extra procedures and everything to have my children. Does that make me a better mother than someone who cannot afford it? No, of course not.

There are good mothers and bad ones, but most of them are somewhere in-between.

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.