2,497 Quotes About Parenting

What we carry defines who we are and the effort we make is our legacy.

Ellen sighs and looks over at Leo. "I did that, didn't I? No goddamn manners. Like a couple of little opossums. This is why they say women can't have it all.

Love is not obedience.

People say the day your baby is born is the happiest day of your life. It certainly is for the dads. Call me crazy if you want, but the day I watched my doctor sew stitches into my torn vagina was not my favorite.

Every year when I take my girls in for their yearly checkup, the nurse hands me a questionnaire about their upbringing. It asks how many fruits and vegetables they eat, how much TV they watch, how much I read to them, how much physical exercise they get, etc.Each time I see the questionnaire, I laugh and think, “Yeah. I’m not answering any of these questions honestly.

Parenting is the privilege of constant failure... and being loved anyway.

Me: “Grace, what is that white stuff all over your face and arms?”Grace: “I don’t know. It isn’t Daddy’s birthday cake.

Me: “Oh no, it looks like the TV is broken.”Rose: “We need to move.

Look, girls, the Easter bunny is here at the mall," I said. "Do you want to go say hello?”Rose peeked over the picket fence around the photo area. She cocked an eyebrow. “Mom,” she said, “Why is the Easter Bunny hiding inside that scary costume?