It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.Kerri Walsh
My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could. Hope Solo
My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years. Polly Berrien Berends
No parent or coach can be true to any child and say he's ready for the N.F.L. out of high school.Tony Dorsett
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics. Eric Shanteau
Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. Brene Brown
The parent is the strongest statement that the child hears regarding what it means to be alive and real. More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual. Polly Berrien Berends
The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink. Harlan Coben
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Oscar Wilde
When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me! Derek Jeter
Witnessing the bond between a parent and their little ones firsthand really brought home to me how much I was missing. Jillian Michaels