I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.
If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.
But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
It's crazy how people just don't care sometimes about the kids they have.
I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children
I've done a really bad job with teaching daughter to put on makeup, but I have taught her how to put on lipstick.
We live in a world of shifting values. The family is falling apart. Parents failing in what they ought to do.
I was Hannah Montana's mother ... Where did I go wrong?
I was ashamed. My son is a drug addict. What does this mean about me?
When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society.
According to God's word, we haven't done a very good job concerning our little ones, nor our teens.
The favorite method of vice is to diss all responsibility be work or social, go off by myself, and enjoy a good steak and a great glass of wine. Oh yeah, and my kids are there too.
I haven't been the best boyfriend or husband, and that means I don't get to spend every day with my daughter.
I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.
Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)
I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad's room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the gun accidentally goes off and kills his friend. Only in America is the villain in this commercial not guns or bad parenting, but pot.
I wore myself out physically and mentally over my career, and I couldn't be there for my daughters in ways I should have been.
Parents who neglect their children, who don't know where they are, who don't know what they're doing, who don't know who they're hanging out with, you're gonna find yourselves spending some quality time with your kids, in jail, together.
One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes.
I screwed up my life. I screwed up my kids' lives.
No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.
I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.
I've been a loner all the time throughout my life... I haven't been the best father... Many times... my children have accused me of not giving them enough attention. And, frankly, I never have been good at handling that.
As a parent I fail because my son does not take me seriously.
