Quotes About Parenthood

I've never experienced the love I have for my daughter.

Becoming a father is incredible. There is no explanation for the feeling.

It's very strong after the birth. It's extraordinary. You can't watch anything to do with kids being harmed.

I think if you talk to anybody who would like to have had children... I mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have.

Now that I'm a mom, it brings tears to my eyes.

When my son was born, and after a day of lying-in I was told that I could leave the hospital and take him home, I burst into tears. It wasn't the emotion of the moment: it was shock and horror.

By no means do we think, 'Oh, it's cool to be a teen mom.' I definitely don't think that it's cool.

There are few things more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.

I know what it's like to finish the laundry and to look in the basket five minutes later and it's full again. I know what it's like to pull all the groceries in, and see the teenagers run through, and all of a sudden, all of the groceries you just bought a few hours ago are gone.

I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.

I'd be scared of hitting 60 and looking like a granny when the child's just in their teens. I'm happy I had my daughter when I was in my 30s.

Strike had never wanted children; it was one of the things on which he and Charlotte had always agreed, and it had been one of the reasons other relationships over the years had foundered. Lucy deplored his attitude, and the reasons he gave for it; she was always miffed when he stated life aims that differed from hers, as though he were attacking her decisions and choices.

Parents are as confused about by life as anyone else. But they try very hard.

Caleb rolled over and slid down to kiss her belly. He seemed to love touching it now that it was rounding with his child. "You know, as soon as you get over having this baby, I think we ought to start another one." Lily sighed. "I have no doubt that we will." He

And if I'd once fallen hard for my husband, I fell even harder for my child. It was as if my entire life had been building to this one moment, my finest work, my greatest accomplishment, this tiny bundle of precious life.

Loving a child was humbling.

Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life.

Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided. They came crowding in on her thick and fast. The spectacle of two young women giving the breast to their babies made her blush and turn away her face.

Usted tiene hijos? -No. -¿Por qué? El hombre respondió que, para tener hijos era necesario tener confianza en el mundo

she had not had the time to love her children, because all her energy was spent in simply keeping them alive.

The best thing I've ever done? Well, I've created four beautiful children. You mean, other than that?

We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them.

Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.

If I had written the greatest book, composed the greatest symphony, painted the most beautiful painting or carved the most exquisite figure I could not have felt the more exalted creator than I did when they placed my child in my arms.