Being A Parent Quotes

“She has to have four arms, four legs, four eyes, two hearts, and double the love. There is nothing “single” about a single mom.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“Don’t box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You’ll produce either rebels, or very boring people.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“I could spend the whole afternoon telling you about him, but it's not gonna do much good, is it? You never smelled his hair after he just got out of the bath, or carried him from the car after he'd fallen asleep on the way home, or heard the way he laughed when someone tickled him. So you'll just have to take my word for it: He was a great kid and he made you glad to be alive.”
― Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers

“This, I've gathered, is one of the shitty parts about having children: if your kid makes a best friend, you have to figure out a way to tolerate their parents, no matter how much they suck.”
― Marisa Kashino, Best Offer Wins