(8 quotes found)
“Phrases and their actual meanings: "My teacher has never liked me." Expect a phone call before lunch from the teacher informing you that your child has been launching hot dogs by compressing them inside a small Thermos and then removing the lid quickly.”
Erma Bombeck
“My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.”
“When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.”
“When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.”
“One day, we will realize how the virtual world have destroyed the quality of parenthood and childhood we had. Checking our kids thru emailing and text messaging have replaced child rearing.”
maricel consolacion
“He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief.”
Jewish Proverb
“I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: ''Checkout Time is 18 years.''”
“Graduation day is tough for adults. They go to the ceremony as parents. They come home as contemporaries. After twenty-two years of child-raising, they are unemployed.”
