Mikie Sherrill Quotes

If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too.

There's not a mom or dad that wants to leave their child unprotected.

If Mom is healthy, then her child is more likely to thrive, more likely to have a better quality of life and, ultimately, better able to provide for his or herself.

I just want my child to have security and being looked after by me, by my other half, by my mother and by a nanny. We all share that responsibility equally and I think he is a very well-adjusted little boy.

There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.

I never felt comfortable leaving my kids until they were older. When they were babies, I remember thinking that I could never go on a Jerry Bruckheimer set and feel comfortable.

Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.

My mum had four kids on her own, so if I had one kid with one nanny and not a full-time job, it would be a joke. And I think the impossible happens when you leave your kids. I've seen so many nannies in the park on their phones, and the kids are running off.

Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

It is true that as you have children, there are a good many months when you don't want to be working full-time. I agree that that's an issue.

Being a working mom, you want to make a difference in our schools, which is making a difference in our children and ultimately it's making a difference in our community.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

I'm very conscious of the fact that when I'm working, my daughter is not with one of her parents.

Education, day care, health care—there's not a parent in the country that doesn't have a stake in one of these issues.

If you're going to send the mothers out into the work force, what are you going to do about the children they leave at home?

Child care is a family issue—not a government issue.

When are we going to make parenting a national priority?

I think that's something that all mothers have to deal with, especially single mothers. We work, and we have to leave the kids behind. And I think that's one of the reasons that we, not only as women but as families, we have to advocate for early childhood education for all of our children.

My children and their happiness have always been my greatest concern.

Secretary Clinton is tough, smart, and understands better than any candidate the challenges that parents are talking about around dinner tables and keeping families up at night.

I think it's incredibly important to spend the first year with your child, and it should be made possible for all women.

I think the hardest part of being a working mom is that I miss my kids a lot.

The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.