Christie Brinkley Quotes

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

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

I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being a mother, with my mum showing me how to do things.

When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

Every kid needs to say, 'I want what my mom and dad have.'

I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I'm here to play. And that's all I should be.

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

Babies don't need fathers, but mothers do. Someone who is taking care of a baby needs to be taken care of.

Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.

Our only responsibility is to live our own life and take care of our own children.

But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?

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

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

I took the 'Lee' from my grandparents, who took care of me during the day while my mom was away working.

My parents are very good parents and have already said that they will look after me until the end of my skating career.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.