Parental Discouragement Quotes

Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.

My parents constantly tried to talk me out of being an artist. They had gone through the whole journey with my sister and just wanted me to have a normal teenage life.

People think my family pushed me into running for office. The person who pushed me most not to run for office was my father.

My parents actively tried to discourage me from going into music - especially Dad, because of the troubled times he had in his youth.

I think my parents had a hard time dealing with me.

It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a writer because my parents thought that I was going to starve to death.

As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own protection, and I'm really close to them now, but they didn't understand that there is value in this. That's because they didn't know.

When I was about 12, I came home from middle school and told my parents I wanted to be an actor. My father didn't say it to me, but he told my mom, 'No. I'm not going to allow that. He'll starve to death.' I grew up in a small town in Illinois where being an actor was not something people did.

I would also like to thank my father who discouraged me from playing the violin at an early age.

The frustration for a parent is that you might be available all the time, but the kid may approach you only about 10% of the time.