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Family-Friendly Quotes

What 'family-friendly' really means in practice.

Family-friendly shows up here as a career choice — actors picking Age-appropriate roles over edgier ones — and as a design philosophy behind entire suburbs built for comfort and control.

More and more companies are updating their leave policies to reflect an understanding that being family-friendly is a smart investment in their workforce and America's future.

Quotes by Suzan DelBene

Everyone has embraced the family-friendly Disney approach, which is great. I see all of those movies, and I take my kids. But I grew up on 'Predator,' 'Alien,' and 'Terminator.' People forget, but those were R-rated movies. So 'Deadpool' put...

Quotes by Rob Liefeld

I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and...

Quotes by Mira Sorvino

I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.

Quotes by Melissa Joan Hart

Age Quotes

One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They...

Quotes by Madeleine M. Kunin

'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.

Quotes by Madeleine M. Kunin

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

Quotes by Lauren Graham

The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.

Quotes by Josh Hamilton

Dismissing socialization and gender roles as piddling compared to this amorphous idea of 'maternal imperative' is part of the reason progress is stalled for family-friendly policies.

Quotes by Jessica Valenti

Always Quotes

I have a supportive family and an outstanding team, but I also have a flexible work schedule that allows me, at least some of the time, to get to the kids' school program or the doctor visits when I need...

Quotes by Cathy McMorris Rodgers

I will only do family-friendly films or television. They don't have to necessarily be Christian films, but I want to be in things that I'm comfortable having my children and husband watch. They come first in my life, not the...

Quotes by Candace Cameron Bure

The strategy we need to pursue is one of recovering our time - to push back on our hours of work. We need to form a new alliance between feminist groups, labor unions, child advocates, progressive corporations, and the federal...

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

No work-family balance will ever fully take hold if the social conditions that might make it possible - men who are willing to share parenting and housework, communities that value work in the home as highly as work on the...

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

Quotes by Andrea Jung

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'family-friendly' mean across these quotes?
It covers career choices, like actors picking Age-appropriate roles, as well as urban planning and workplace policy, showing the phrase applies well beyond entertainment.
Is there a quote about suburban design here?
Yes — one describes the whole idea of suburbs as creating family-friendly places built for control and comfort, a more critical take on the concept.
Do any of these quotes connect family-friendly policy to business?
One does, arguing that companies updating leave policies to be more family-friendly are making a smart Business investment in their workforce.
Is 'family-friendly' always described positively in this collection?
Not entirely — one actor mentions wanting to break away from family-friendly roles to show a darker, more uncomfortable side of their work.
What's the range of contexts covered here?
Entertainment, real estate, and workplace policy — proof the phrase gets used across very different industries, not just Always kids' media.

Others treat it as smart Business, pointing to leave policies that reflect a shifting American workforce.