Quotes About Parenting

Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed.

I've seen the best and worst of times. My parents were divorced when I was a child. I was brought up by my father.

The worst disrespect of all time is to disrespect someone's children.

The worst thing people ever say is that 'I can't afford to have kids!' It's selfish, and what infuriates me is when people say they can't do stuff they like go on holidays and buy cars when they have kids. You can - you find the money, you've just got to work harder for it.

The worst thing you can do to a child, and I've seen it happen so many times, is the silver spoon.

'Bad mother' is probably the worst thing you can say to any woman who has children.

If you're dude, and you're still living at the crib, at home, and you're not taking care of your kid, that's the worst thing ever.

To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.

I've developed a fun text when a friend has just had a baby. I ask a classic question: 'Are you sleeping?' The reply is inevitably that they aren't, they're getting a few hours here and there, they're exhausted. It's then when I swoop in: 'It'll all be worth it when they're softly stroking your hair as you slip into oblivion.'

There's always going to be a ball up in the air, and what I try to do is make sure that ball is never the kids. If that means sacrificing a social event or having fewer work commitments, it's worth it.

I want to feed my kid something that is real and not processed. It's hard to do. People are working and busy. The question is: Is it worth it? Is it worth stopping at the farm stand or supermarket to buy fresh ingredients?

As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.

I sometimes catch up 'Simi Selects India's Most Desirable.' Sometimes I watch reality dance shows, too. And yes, the strangest of all is that I watch 'Tom and Jerry' on Cartoon Network with my son.

I was a tomboy as a child! I wanted my daughter to be a scrapper and not so dainty.

Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.

Atticus Finch is, you know, he was just his whole - the business of his modesty and his ability to see tomorrow and to try to buttress his knowledge of what was coming for his kids was something that I'll never - as a father I'm not able to do.

There's sacrifice involved. Either you're going to work a lot and not get to spend time with your kid, or you're going to spend a ton of time with your kid, and you're sacrificing your career.

I'm enjoying watching my kids grow and play sports. That's a ton of fun.

There was a ton of fighting between my mother and father. The kids would be thrown into the middle, to choose sides.

One of the things I have learned is some of the most judgmental people have been other moms, and there have also been a ton of moms who have been very supportive and encouraging.

When you're a dad, there's a ton of material there with your family.

Our parents set the moral tone of the family. They expected more of some of us and less of others, but never less than they thought we were capable of.

Beyonce has set the tone as an aunt. I've set the tone as a mom.

It's funny because my mom is not a singer at all, nor is my father. But I definitely get more of my father's tone.