Quotes About Balance

I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I'm never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I'm completely aware of their schedule, and they're with someone I trust.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

I think there is a moment in every parent's life where we realize that we have lost ourselves a little bit. It's a moment of looking in the mirror and going, 'I need to put on some lipstick.'

Having a parent live with you under the best of circumstances can be a terrible stressor.

As I've gotten older, I've come to grips that the unexamined life is what works for most people. Most take what they learned in school, get a job, marry, buy a house, have a family, become a great parent, serve their god, community and country, hang with friends, and live a good life. And for them that's great.

You've got to talk to your kids as both a parent and a friend.

Being a parent is such a difficult business; you don't always get things right. And also, you don't want to be a perfect parent... You need people to be human, and part of it is imperfection.

At the very beginning, being a parent did impact how I go about this business.

You have to be enough of a parent - you have to be there. If I'm feeling bad, I really do just have to get on with it and try and channel it back into my work somehow, do something positive with it.

As for the American child's classic problem - too much mother, too little father - that would be cured by an equalization of parental responsibility.

While managing a career and family leaves, some parents feeling guilty and frazzled; others seem to be able to effortlessly balance parenthood with full-time work. Parents who are able to raise well-adjusted children while also maintaining a career make sacrifices to keep the peace.

I think being a mother helps keep your feet on the ground. There's very little dignity in parenthood. It's a great leveller.

I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.

The writing became a hobby in the background: it took a back seat to parenthood and being a person and being a human being.

When you experience parenthood, it makes you look at the other side as well.

Having a kid who begged for 'just a few more minutes' of television was the antithesis of what I had hoped parenthood would be. It was resigning ourselves to a universe of want and consumption.

Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible.

The parenting bit is much harder than the acting bit. You just never know what to do.

There have been a lot of times when work and parenting conflicted for me. Every day.

I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago.

I ask only child-free pals for parenting advice because they're the only ones sane and well-rested enough to have any real insight.

Gerard and I pretty much share all parenting responsibilities, although I'm definitely the disciplinarian.

The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don't have to compromise one for the other.

My best parenting advice would be not to take the job too seriously. Teach your kids to be nice, and everything else falls into place.