Quotes About Challenges

I feel a little bit like a drill sergeant sometimes. Some elements of my personality, as a parent, I'm not real crazy about.

One thing I always want to clear up was the notion that I 'took time off to have a baby.' A lot people leapt to that conclusion because becoming a parent happened to coincide with film roles tapering off.

My dad being not the greatest dad in the world has made me a better parent.

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from.

Being a parent is amazing.

You can imagine what a dorm room environment is to a CF parent. It's like, oh my God. It's crazy.

Being a parent can be overwhelming at times, but it's something we're figuring out as we go.

It is always fragile, being a parent.

Being a parent is beautiful chaos and not at all like how you imagine.

As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.

It takes a lot to become a foster parent.

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

I think, like every working parent, I sometimes feel that there are not enough hours in the day. But overall, I'm very fortunate that my job has a lot of flexibility. I spend a lot of time with the kids, just around the house.

My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love. He just, he had a rough life. You know, he grew up in a boys home in the Bronx. He didn't really know his own family. So I couldn't hold it against him that he didn't know how to parent. He didn't know how to be the perfect husband. But he loved as much as he could.

As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

Learning how to be a good parent was easy in the end because I'd basically had the What Not To Do manual.

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

I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.

I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.

To lead or to parent means not being liked sometimes.

Over its 40 years, Muppets on 'Sesame Street' have addressed AIDS, divorce, a parent's deployment overseas, and a death in the family. But the show is addressing incarceration in a way it didn't used to: by bringing the show directly to the kids and families it wants to reach.

Women are encouraged to go on an emotional journey of self-care after a divorce, while men are expected to need help learning how to cook and parent on their own.

I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say is what I feel: The other person isn't going to change. That is who they are.