Parental Responsibility Quotes

“If you were sexually abused & could not go to your family for support, you deserve to realize that your family failed you fundamentally. Your parents did not provide a safe atmosphere of support & protection for their children, which is a parent’s first responsibility. It was not your fault.”
― Patti Feuereisen, Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse--A Book for Teen Girls, Young Women, and Everyone Who Cares About Them

“Aren’t parents but mere facilitators to perpetuate the species as per nature’s designs? It’s his ego that makes man imagine that, without him, his family would be orphaned. Is there anything more ironical than the falsity of that proposition!”
― B.S. Murthy, Crossing the Mirage - Passing through Youth

“The idea that any of their offspring could possibly be accused of involvement in criminal activities caused deep offence, even to parents who believed that property was theft.”
― Amanda Craig

“Taking care of your family is a two way thing. A child is not a slot machine you can keep stuffing coins into in the hope that one day it will pay out big.”
― Jess Whitecroft, The Last Single Man in Texas