Quotes About Parenthood

I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.

Having children is a lottery and you never know what you are going to draw out. Perhaps it is as well I got none.

A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper.

When you have children, you'll never be able to worry about a friend as much again," Dov said.

When you have children, you'll never be able to worry about a friend as much again

You are willing to work hard, but you want something with flexible hours. You have a baby on the way. Also, you're sick of bosses. You want to be your own boss, but you don't have much money to start a business.

The first time Marian Wallace came to see me, I was five months pregnant. She had Maya with her, and the baby was about two.

I've made so many mistakes,' she says. 'I can't help you,' I say. She shakes her head and picks up the baby. 'We'll be out of your way now,' she says. 'Merry Christmas.' "And they leave. I'm pretty shaken up, so I go into the kitchen to make myself some tea. When I get back out to the living room, I notice that the little girl has left her backpack and Tamerlane is on the floor next to it.

Yes, Dad. Dad is what I am. Dad is what I became. The father of Maya. Maya's dad. Dad. What a word. What a little big word. What a word and what a world! He is crying. His heart is too full, and no words to release it. I know what words do, he thinks. They let us feel less.

Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child.

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip.

Invention: I always wanted to invent something that would move around & make funny noises & would change the world as we know it & I forgot all about that until we had kids & now I see I came pretty close.

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

If there's an opposite of a honeymoon, it's the week after a couple's first child is born.

My wife is about to have our second child, and we're very happy because we were told we couldn't have kids. By our landlord.

Parenthood is a lot easier to get into than out of.

He loved Dottie, but he and Dottie always got along best by e-mail. E-mail was how he had first asked her out. E-mail was how they carried out their professional lives and coordinated their schedules. They often sent each other e-mail over the breakfast table when they were living inside the same house. They'd decided to have a child by e-mail. They'd been talking over e-mail about having another one.

If you don't have children the longing for them will kill you, and if you do, the worrying over them will kill you.

A son is the promise that time makes to a man, the guarantee every father receives that whatever he holds dear will someday be considered foolish, and that the person he loves best in the world will misunderstand him.

Only when you are grown up, perhaps only when you have children yourself, do you fully understand that your own parents had a full and intricate existence before you were born.

Roland had sworn off children—they kept trying to kill him.

In our culture, I think that there is no markers anymore. Young men don't really have something that says you're a grown up now, until you have a baby.

It's such a funny thing when you see your daughter transitioning from your baby, your little girl, to suddenly being a young woman. If you're not really looking for it, you can miss it, and Lily-Rose is on that road already, and there's nothing I can do to stop it.

Atul had a child from his first marriage but lost him when he was just 16 years old. His wife died 7-8 years later. He's really had a tough life. Probably these experiences have made him a more sensitive, caring and loving person... Had we been 20 years younger, we definitely would have had children.