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Being a good parent will necessarily break our hearts as we watch a child grow and eventually choose their own way, even through many of the same heartbreaks we have traversed.

— David Whyte

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

When a child is born, it's born with a heart of gold, but the way of this world can turn that heart cold. I'm still a good person, and I thank God for that - He's working with me on it.

— Tracy Morgan

When a child does bad things, the parents are always going to love their child even if they do something bad.

— Selena

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing.

— J. B. Smoove

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

— Nick Cave

When you become a parent, it blows you open in ways that you never thought possible in terms of a level of love that I know I never thought I could possibly have.

— Audra McDonald

When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

— Iain Duncan Smith

The love you have for your child is so much greater than any challenge you'll face as a parent, and that's what helps you through.

— Hilary Duff

I try to be a good father, and my kids are the most important thing in my life.

— Wagner Moura

The arrival of any child brings you a lot of happiness.

— Seal

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Joan Didion