Erika Slezak Quotes

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.

I raised five children. They all have different personalities. All of them have different issues, different levels of success. That was a learning experience for me.

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.

Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.

I'm the oldest of six children and I had my own first baby when I was 23. So I've always been interested in babies, and I had lots of opportunities to watch them.

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

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

I had such a close relationship with my dog, and my dog so filled the need in my life to have children that I just wanted Cathy to have that experience.

What I love most about fatherhood is the opportunity to be a part of the development process of a new life.

Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.

And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done.

The real question isn't whether you love your kids or not, but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.

The best mother is the mother who adapts, and the best children are the children who adapt as well.

My kid is a year and a half old, and I just want to roll around on the floor with him for a little bit and have a normal relationship with my family.

There's no one right way to parent, and there's no magic combination of genders that produces the most well-adjusted child. We all do the best we can at loving our kids and building our families.

The best part is seeing my kids grow and become individuals, and the fact that they're happy and well-adjusted.

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

Children learn to smile from their parents.