Britney Spears Quotes

Every single second of every single day... I don't know if I feel like a bad mom, but at the end of the day I'm always plagued with, 'Did I do enough? Should I go in a different direction?'

Parenting is the most important thing to many of us, and so it's also the place we're most vulnerable. We're all a little afraid we're doing it wrong.

I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

You never know in retrospect whether you did or didn't do exactly the right thing, stay-at-home mothers, gone-away mothers, all ofus worry whether we should have done something differently than we did.

I'd lose my mind if I heard my kid call the nanny Mommy.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

The first time around as a mom, I held on really tight and I was so stressed.

A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.

I'm pretty sure the feeling of inadequacy is universal for moms.

As a mom, I think you always wonder if you could be doing more.

I think, along with the great joy and excitement of having a child, it seems to be that the common themes are also a lot of doubt and fear and uncertainty about being a parent - and about how you might not live up to those expectations.

I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

There is nothing like becoming a mom to fill you with fear.

There is never a right or wrong time to have kids; it happens for whatever reason, but you can have this paranoia: 'will I be able to do this, I'm not sure if I'm ready to have kids?'

All parents experience the same problems.

You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?

I remember leaving the hospital - thinking, 'Wait, are they going to let me just walk off with him? I don't know beans about babies! I don't have a license to do this.' We're just amateurs.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

I learned a lot from my Mom. My favorite lesson: remember there is no such thing as a certain way to parent and to remember that you are learning along with your child - it's ok to make mistakes.

I am someone who worries a lot. I'm always worrying 'what if?' Now I'm a mum - there will be worries for the rest of my life, but they're not about me anymore.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

Being a developmental psychologist didn't make me any better at dealing with my own children, no. I muddled through, and, believe me, fretted and worried with the best of them.

Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.