Parenting Quotes

You don’t believe in your parents or in magic or even yourself.

When parents fight, the child has a crisis of loyalty.

Welcome to the club of parental deceit, child. It’s a lonely place, but, that’s the price of being clever.[to Trixie]

The first duty of a parent is to protect his child.

Sometimes the best way to protect your children is to let them believe you’ve stopped.[quoting Maghra]

Raising a child gives you a certain ambition you otherwise never would’ve had, a primal desire to give your child a better world than the one you were given.

Parents should not bury their children.

One day, a long time from now, you’re gonna meet someone who’s better than me. He’s gonna be stronger and handsomer and even better at board games than me. And when you find him, when you find that guy, that’s the guy you’re gonna marry. Oh, and he’s one lucky guy, the guy that gets to marry you, Katie girl. And your mom and me, we’re gonna be there, you know. Just to check him out. Make sure he’s as good at board games as you think that he is. And, assuming that he is, I’ll get to walk you down the aisle. And I may even cry a little.[to Kate]

No one gets under a person’s skin like their parents.

My baby girl. You are wrong. We don’t live in different worlds. You and your brother are the only world that I have lived in since the day you were born. My children, I’m as blind as anyone. But I see you both. I will never stop seeing you.

I was faking it. Sometimes parents do that. Most of the time, parents do that.

I know they say that you can’t change your parents. Boy, if you could, I’d want yours.[to Ross]