Quotes About Childcare

The most effective birth control I know is a toddler with the croup and diaper rash.

A.J. several Google searches to determine bathing protocol: appropriate temperature bath water two-year-old; can a two-year-old use grown-up shampoo?; how does a father go about cleaning a two-year-old girl's private parts without being a pervert?; how high to fill tub—toddler; how to prevent a two-year-old from accidentally drowning in tub; general rules for bath safety, and so on.

hour in a twenty-four hour period. If you find your child is

Briony was her last, and nothing between now and the grave would be as elementally important or pleasurable as the care of a child.

It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.

I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child.

If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.

From a tourist's point of view, you finally have time to travel, but you need to spend your time looking after your child. Club Med takes care of the entire family.

Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.

When you hire a nanny, the question you ask yourself is, 'What's best for my precious child?' And do you really want someone who feels that your motive in life is to minimize the amount you spend on your child?

Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.

Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.

I had never held a baby in my life. I was one of those women - people would say, "Do you want to hold my baby?" and I was like "No ... "

By solving housing and childcare problems, we will achieve a society where each person can properly invest in their development and realize their full potential.

Unless a suburban woman is in the relatively rare position of commanding a high salary, and is able to find and afford top-quality child care, she may find herself in a no-win situation

Women take much the biggest proportion of work in terms of home and childcare. Societally we need a culture change. It's still the case that expectations are different for men and women.

It's obvious that we need inexpensive and safe care for young Americans; this was clear to Congress nearly thirty years ago when it passed the Child Development Act of 1971. This act would have created a national network of child-care centers with parent fees set according to income. Here's why I say would have: Though busy with the Watergate scandal and the impending loss of his job, President Nixon somehow found time to veto the Child Development Act.

The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.

I feel I'm fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it's expensive. When we've looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it's just been impossible. You just cannot get one.

There are alternatives to pregnancy if you want another child.

Hillary Clinton wants to push for equal pay and for paid family leave and for better and cheaper childcare.

People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.

My theory is, 'Happy mommy, happy baby.'

What you must understand is that according to the U.S. government, a parent does not own the rights to care for their own child. Instead, the true responsibility for childcare belongs to the state.