Bad Parent Quotes

• One thing I know is that it is a bad idea to marry someone who had bad parents. If they hated their mother, if they were hated by their mother or father, your marriage will pay for it in ways both obvious and subtle. When the chips are down, when someone is sick or loses their job or gets scared, the old patterns will kick in and he will treat you the way he treated his mother or the way she treated him.

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  Ellen Gilchrist

  Mother   Jobs   Father  

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• Having a child who is struggling doesn't make you a bad parent, just as being a child who is struggling doesn't make your child a bad kid.

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  Ann Douglas

  Children   Struggle   Kids  

  "Ann Douglas: How to Cope When Your Child is Suffering With Mental Illness". Interview with Brandie Weikle, thenewfamily.com. January 28, 2015.

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• There are hundreds of millions of gun owners in this country, and not one of them will have an accident today. The only misuse of guns comes in environments where there are drugs, alcohol, bad parents, and undisciplined children. Period.

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  Ted Nugent

  Country   Children   Gun  

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• I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this. We ate dinner in front of this." "Everyone watched Twin Peaks," was her response. "So, if everyone jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do it, too?" "Don't be silly," she laughed, "of course I would, honey. There'd be no one left on the planet. It would be a very lonely place.

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  Sloane Crosley

  Mother   Lonely   Believe  

  Sloane Crosley (2012). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.90, Portobello Books

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• What's so sad is when we're younger, if you have a bad parent, that is normal to you and that's what you think of as healthy.

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  Jennifer Lawrence

  Thinking   Parent   Healthy  

  "Best Actress Nominee Jennifer Lawrence Heats Up Winter’s Bone". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 25, 2011.

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• If you haven't already told your kids 'don't fellate the president' then you're probably a bad parent.

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  Scott Adams

  Kids   Parent   President  

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• I'm not a bad parent and partner, even if I make a thousand mistakes.

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  Diane Lane

  Mistake   Parent   Partners  

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• Andrew said you were the best person he ever knew." "He reached that conclusion before he saw me raise three barbarian children to adulthood. I understand your mother has six." "Right." "And you're the oldest." "Yes." "That's too bad. Parents always make their worst mistakes with the oldest children. That's when parents know the least and care the most, so they're more likely to be wrong and also more likely to insist that they're right.

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  Orson Scott Card

  Mother   Children   Mistake  

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet”, p.20, Macmillan

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• I've overcome a lot - sexual abuse, death of a loved one, bad parents and experienced life. My nature is such I not only survived all this but I have thrived. I've always been psychologically ambitious in that I've never been willing to settle emotionally for anything less then what's needed. I've wanted more then that from life.

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  Augusten Burroughs

  Death Of A Loved One   Parent   Abuse  

  Source: blogcritics.org

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• Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent.

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  Daniel Tosh

  Funny   Humor   Parent  

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• Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.

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  Taylor Mali

  Teacher   Parent   Able  

  Taylor Mali (2012). “What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World”, p.17, Penguin

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• If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.

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  Doug Stanhope

  Mean   Parent   Mouths  

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