- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Children Quotes
Raising kids, and the duties that come with it.
Quotes about "children" here include a filmmaker recalling audience shock at a controversial early work, alongside pointed reminders that entertainment isn't a substitute for parenting at home. For prayer-focused content about children, see Prayers for children.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I came back to work when my children were two months old. At that early age, they seem to have little awareness of anybody but their Raggedy Ann dolls, so it wasn't a matter of them missing me. I was missing them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.
- Aimless
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which they should be freeing up for their children. Twentysomethings who can't afford to leave home and can't get jobs are attacked as aimless and immature.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt very committed to Stephen, and I didn't think he could manage without me. I wanted him to carry on doing his amazing work, and I wanted the children to have a stable family behind them - so we just carried on.
- Playing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was playing with the children, I felt I ought to be working, and when I was working, I felt I ought to be playing with the children.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt it was terribly important, for Stephen and the children, to keep the family together.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I love having kids. But I have the advantage of having a lot of help, a real hands-on husband and small children whom I can easily manipulate.
- Husband
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 36 when I got married. I was so focused on, 'You wanted a husband, and you wanted a house, and you wanted children.' I've had all those things now.
- Nov 07, 2020
Often, women who lose babies are blamed for the loss of those children and are ostracised.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.
- Charter Schools
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- Nov 07, 2020