673 Quotes About Parenthood

The author observes the shift now that children are not a source of labor for the family, that they have gone from employees of the parents to the bosses of the parents.

I have that hypocrisy of a parent in that I'm like,'Come on, you've got to toughen up at the same time let me take care of that for you.

He could tune her, bringing out her better instincts and filtering out her lesser ones.

If a brokenhearted mother could sing, I could not remain silent.

It probably takes many years of monastic practice to equal the spiritual growth generated by one sleepless night with a sick child.

As I grew into womanhood my confusion at the world became more apparent. I was taking comfort in behaviours that were familiar, not bathing, wearing multiple layers of clothes and, like my mother, I was bingeing on food. Of course I was still very much a lonely unsupported child myself when I got pregnant - one who had never been nurtured or mothered and as such I struggled with the responsibilities of parenthood.

For my perspective, the choice not to have children is impressive because it indicates the sort of planning I did not engage in when I decided to have a child. I "decided" in that we agreed that trying seemed "fine", and that children sounded good. I did not "decide" in that there was no long-range analysis in my case of what the child would mean, whether if he was best for me, and for the world.

I've never experienced true love until I loved my own child.

The most incredible thing about being a parent is seeing your own personality come out in your children.