Quotes About Parenthood

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

If I had to do it all again, I would still want my same daughter and two sons; through laughter, tears, prayers, and blessings.

I think at some stage, I would love to have another child. I would love to settle into a relationship that was really important to me. I actually am not good at the balance at that.

'Tis a happy thingTo be the father unto many sons.

It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness.

The beauty of the ultrasound scan is something that only parents can appreciate, but Emma had seen these things before and knew what was required of her. 'Beautiful,' she sighed, though in truth it could have been a Polaroid of the inside of his pocket.

The beauty of the ultrasound scan is something that only parents can appreciate

Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

You can sort of be married, you can sort of be divorced, you can sort of be living together, but you can't sort of have a baby.

So you're saying that having kids is what it's all about and once you've had them you start waiting to die?

I am not the only parent in the history of the planet to have their asses handed to them by something they could fit in a purse.

What's great about TV, and what I love about being on 'Parenthood ' is you have this family. I'm now going on four years of working with the same 100 people, and that helps you feel like your life has more roots. It's more conducive to having a family, and you're staying in town. So that part is amazing.

One of the disappointing truths about divorce is that when you have children together, you are never free of the one you've tried so hard to leave. Never.

Now the thing about having a baby — and I can't be the first person to have noticed this — is that thereafter you have it.

Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.

Reliable birth control, legalized abortion, and a cultural shift toward parenthood as a choice made them [generation me/millennials] the most wanted generation of children in American history.

I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure to hang them on, to make a lasting point, but somehow I decided to go ahead and become a mother instead.

I will hold your hand and we will walk across this world, and I will sing to you and our babies, and that will be enough for me.

Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for giant squid, I cannot have a baby.

I still can't say whether I ever want children….I can only say how I feel now--grateful to be on my own. I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don't think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth.

I also know that I won't go forth and have children just in case I might regret missing it later in life; I don't think this is a strong enough motivation to bring more babies onto the earth.

Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for a giant squid, I cannot have a baby.

Having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You really need to be certain it's what you want before you commit.