Quotes About Bonding

I liked living with my brothers. It was cozy.

We started watching 'Doctor Who' as a family because our first daughter was a cranky baby, and she would get up during the night - and it was her dad's job to stay up because I worked at night.

One fight, I went away to train and my little girl was in Pampers. I came home and she was potty-trained. She was crawling when I left and walking when I came home. These are things I don't want to miss anymore.

Anytime that me and the guys go out on the road, it's fun to step away from the craziness of what it is we do. I just enjoy that time being outside with my buddies.

I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

I had a brilliant time working with the entire cast and crew at 'Return To Nim's Island.' It's amazing how, after working on a film, you really become a family, and you build these really special bonds together.

Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the piano better than I do.

I started crying the other day just thinking that the baby is going to leave me soon! You have this relationship with this person in your belly and it's really amazing.

I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.

When I was a kid, the FA Cup was the one: it was bigger than the European Cup, even. So to win that, for me, and my dad as well - we used to watch it together - was brilliant.

I love to sing with my daughter. Audiences like it because a mother-daughter pairing is a curiosity.

Cycling was the sport of our family - we did it all the time, five days a week.

If your dad always has candy, how cool is he? Coolest dude in the world. My kids think I'm cool.

Every day, I wake the kids up. Morning time is kind of 'daddy time,' and that's something I look forward to every day.

It's only after the first six months that it really becomes fun for dads.

It's important that dads take the opportunity to develop relationships with their children.

I connect with people on a daily basis.

When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.

When I look back on my childhood, my fondest memories are those surrounding the dinner table.

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.

My husband and I have a deal, which has worked out well: He cooks one Sunday, I cook the next. The kids set the table, and we eat in the dining room together, just as I used to do as a kid.

I was at lunch with some friends one day, and we looked down at our table - blond pasta, blond pizza - and then someone joked, 'Blonde salad,' and it stuck.

My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings, and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood, not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.

I remember him watching me through the crack of a door singing with a hairbrush. I was in front of his mirror. I think he wanted me to sing. He would get me on the table and make me sing sometimes or play the piano. He was very encouraging on that front.