Jacinda Ardern Quotes

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

My life revolves around my child's routine.

For now, for this year, I need to be a good mother.

I have three kids. I should know how to take care of them.

I'm not made to be a mother.

Every mom knows it's hard to take care of yourself while you're trying to take care of your children because, when you become a mother, you become so selfless.

Being a mother and wife are big roles.

A pittifull mother makes a scald head.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?

I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.

As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.

Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.

Real men change diapers!

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

I'm so into momminess.

It's my favorite role - being a mom.

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.