Ezekiel Emanuel Quotes

God bless you if you have one child, but I don't think anybody should have just one child. Everybody needs a sibling. I have siblings, and I have so many amazing, precious memories with my siblings. I don't know what I would do if I had been an only child.

I noticed that when my daughter was born, my son really, really liked her. But then as she started getting older, and as she started crawling around our house and touching different things that were his, sibling rivalry issues started appearing.

Poor parenting may be reflected in poor sibling relationships.

If your children don't fight, they won't love each other when they get older! It's a common thing.

If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.

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.

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

For me being the youngest, there was never ever anything that was an issue to cause rivalry between me and my sisters.

I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids.

I've always had this interest in sibling relationships because I don't have any siblings. I'm completely a product of the one-child policy in China, so I always kind of wished that I had an older brother or a younger brother or sister just to have that bond, so I find myself constantly writing about that relationship.

I love kids. I always have. I was an only child until I was 12, and then my sister arrived.

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

Some of our kids are adopted and some kids are natural-born - I forget which ones are which. Family's just amazing. We think that of everything that we could do in the world... if you don't take care of your family and raise your kids, you lose.

I've got 11 brothers and sisters.

I spent a lot of time in boarding school. This is something I will never do to my kids. I think if you're having kids, then you have to take care of them; otherwise, what's the point? There are many things that parents say are good for the kids, but the truth is they say that because it is good for the parents.

I've got two younger brothers.

My boys are wild. My daughter is wild.

There is something about a guy who has a great relationship with his sisters.

You would think none of my brothers have jobs with how much time they spend on the phone with our mom.

I have two older sisters.

I have 11 sisters and 6 brothers.

Everybody's mom plays a huge role in their development and support. Mom was awesome. There is no one better. I had a good family. I had six brothers and six sisters, and they were all very supportive.

I always wanted a brother.

Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Your child becomes the centre of your world.

I always wanted to have that brother-sister rivalry type of stuff. So now I'm happy that at least Dream and King won't be the only child being super spoiled.