Erma Bombeck Quotes

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

I love gay and lesbian parents. But I think we need a law that says lesbians and gay men have to raise their children together. This way, the kids would not only know how to build bookshelves, but they'd also instinctively know how to decorate them.

I get sick of that old rationalization, "We're staying together because of the children." Kids couldn't be more miserable living with parents who can't stand each other. They're far better off if there's an honest, clean divorce.

Remember there is no way you can give the father custody of the children without getting a divorce.

I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady.

People shouldn't stay married because of the kids. That's torture for everyone.

My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the household wasn't a man made a big difference.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

I was so tiny when my parents split up that I can't remember them ever being together. That was never an issue, as I guess I never went through the trauma of them splitting up.

My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.

My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.

But I'm a great father. That's why I got custody.

It is obvious that the role of the father as the central authority in the family has been considerably challenged in Western societies. Parental responsibilities, and I knowingly use the term responsibility instead of the term authority still used in the French Civil code, are nowadays shared equally between both parents.

When I was just four-and-a-half, my parents separated and both my parents remarried.

Nick spent his first years on walks in his stroller and Snugli, playing in Berkeley parks and baby gyms and visiting zoos and aquariums. His mother and I divorced when he was 4. No child benefits from the bitterness and savagery of a divorce like ours.

'Kramer vs. Kramer' is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.

My parents divorced when I was 18 months old. They haven't always been the best of friends, but they were good at keeping that stuff away from me.

It's difficult. I'm a single parent now, and I'm having such a battle to see my kids on a daily basis. It's so hard.

Initiating and going through a divorce with four kids can be a brutal experience, but also a tempering one. It gave me perspective and insight to be able to find the love of my life.

A decent person does not alienate children from a parent, no matter how angry they are at the parent for the divorce. It's unfair to the children, and it's unfair to the other human being

When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me. ... and no one showed up.

Divorce is very difficult, especially on the kids. Of course, I'm the result of my parents having stayed together, so you never know.

My mother and father have also raised five boys so they know there's only so much that can be controlled.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.