As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.
I find Maersk fascinating. It is the Coca-Cola of freight with none of the fame. Its parent company, A. P. Moller-Maersk, is Denmark's largest company, its sales equal to 20 percent of Denmark's GDP; its ships use more oil than the entire nation.
Everyone archetypally is a parent to future generations.
I am always suspicious of those who impose 'rules' on child rearing. Every child is different in terms of temperament and learning, and every parent responds to a particular child, not some generalized infant or youngster.
As every successful parent learns, one way to encourage good behavior, from room-cleaning to tooth-brushing, is to make it fun. Not surprisingly, the same principle applies to adults. Adults like to have fun, too.
I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.
No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.
Anybody can be a dad. I just want to be a good parent. I want to be a dad that my kids can talk to. I want to have a relationship with them.
While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book.
If you're a good parent, see the changes that are happening in your kids.
Learning how to be a good parent was easy in the end because I'd basically had the What Not To Do manual.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
My father was 40 when he had me, so he was more a grandparent than a parent.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
I'm sure it's not great fun for them, or for any parent, when their child says they want to be an actor, 'cos it's quite an uncertain business and it can be terribly hard for most actors.
I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.
One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.
All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.