Neena Gupta Quotes

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

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I am trying to be both mother and father to my children.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

Kids need a father around to make them whole. They need their mom.

So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.

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.

What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties they have faced, but the bottom line is this: I believe very strongly children need a mother and a father in the home.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

In Sweden, we've moved away from the notion that mothers have some magical, special bond with children.

My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.