Little children, headache; big children, heartache.
-Italian Proverb
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
-Bill Cosby
There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.
-Doug Larson
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn’t.
-Barbara Kingsolver
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist after he grows up.
-Pablo Picasso
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.
-Erma Bombeck
As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
–Fran Lebowitz
Hmmm! Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, and they swim all over you.
-Sebastian, The Little Mermaid
A baby-sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers.
-Author Unknown
It is one thing to show your child the way, and a harder thing to then stand out of it.
-Robert Brault
Teenagers are people who act like babies if they’re not treated like adults.
-MAD Magazine
Truth for its own sake can be a deadly weapon in family relations. Truth without compassion can destroy love. Some parents try too hard to prove exactly how, where and why they have been right. This approach will bring bitterness and disappointment. When attitudes are hostile, facts are unconvincing.
-Haim Ginott