80 Movie Quotes about Parenting (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Sep 20, 2025

Memorable quotes about parenting, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 We must work untiringly so that our children are obliged to learn the truth, because it is only through knowledge that we can safely protect them.

Quote from Reefer Madness (1936)

22 Excuse me, boss. Didn't you hear the little guy? He's taking his first step. Shouldn't we do something?

Quote from The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

23 Teaching children the art of death and destruction, the cruelties, the tortures? -Ah, he's gotta know these things exist. Then he can fight against 'em when it's his turn.

Sterling Hayden as Sheriff Tod Shaw in Suddenly (1954)

24 I read about an experiment once. Kept germs away from a kid. Raised him pure and scientifically. First time he got out in the rough, he caught cold and died of pneumonia.

James Gleason as Peter "Pop" Benson in Suddenly (1954)

25 No, it's just parent stuff. It seems our youngest, Chris, was on something called acid and was firing a bow and arrow into a crowd. You know how kids are.

Fred Willard in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

26 Let me tell you something. If I ever catch you with a gun in your hand, I'm gonna break your tail. You got that?

Jada Pinkett as Ronnie in Menace II Society

27 Dale! Dale, no power tools! Power tools. No power tools!

Quote from Step Brothers (2008)

28 Nice parenting. -Hey, thanks. Are you my therapist? Take a walk.

Adam Sandler as Sonny Koufax in Big Daddy

29 Don't tell me to be practical. Do you know what other women my age are doing right now? They're out partying in clubs and they're trying to get a man, trying to keep a man. Not me, Laurel. I'm trying to raise a man. This one.

Renée Zellweger as Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire

30 Your father must have taught you some kung fu. -He taught me to read. He never taught me kung fu.

Quote from Dragon on Shaolin Tower