Nick Flynn Quotes

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

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

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

As a father of five, I sometimes feel I've spent a lifetime watching Disney musicals.

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.

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

I want to be present for my kids, and my biological father wasn't present for me.

I do know I will enjoy family life. What I've seen from moms, or heard stories from people who became a parent, it's such a consuming thing; it's such a wonderful thing. I consider it an extreme luxury to have that time and to not have to do anything else, and just be with my kid.

My youngest is 26, and so I hardly remember life not being a father, but my wife and I were hands on-parents.

Just being able to be around your kid, I don't think anything can beat that.

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

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 biggest challenge is the chaos of parenthood, which has honestly been such a welcome challenge - bring it on, I say!

I often find that the best parents are the ones without children.

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

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

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.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old), parenting is the most difficult of all jobs: forget your chief executives, editors, prime ministers and the like - parenting is far more challenging.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

I really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.