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Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

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.

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.

I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't have the deal with all the drama that goes along with being an adult.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.

When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.