Katie Hafner Quotes

To be quite frank and honest with you, it drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight, the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

We had all these things to deal with - houses full of people and John going to jail, guys from New York saying 'don't worry about anything.' So it was really confusing.

My son Cooper has just turned ten and the sarcasm fairy has already started to take up residence inside his body. Not only am I living with my mother - again! - but I've also got her mini-me to contend with.

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for displaying it.

My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

There can be problems with extended families, and it can get a little close for comfort. But for the younger generations, it's clear that this option is becoming almost as appealing as living alone.

David and Dad didn't get along too well growing up. I mean we all got along, but it was harder on David, because David wasn't going to be the son that Dad wanted. But now they're like best friends.

I was the sibling that kind of kept it all on a level when life at home got tough. I did it through comedy, sarcasm and distraction. All families are complicated, but my home life was glaringly uncomfortable much of the time, and it was me that took the onus.

If you're in a family unit... and the boys are having a particularly hard time, the impact on the entire family is troublesome.

I have been a total brat since my childhood. Because of me, my mother's day was over by afternoon as just managing me, she was exhausted.

Roommate struggles are real.

I do not wish to share any parenting responsibilities with Michael because he is doing so well without me.

When cancer affects somebody in the family, the whole family is affected.

My sister, brother, and I are 180 degrees different. Having a conversation with them, you have to tread lightly.

It is difficult to be a law enforcement family. You shoulder the stresses and challenges involved in your loved one's profession. You make a sacrifice, too.

Who hasn't had an argument with their mother-in-law?

As a single parent, it can really be tough if the father's not in the picture much. Physically, emotionally and financially, you are trying to be there for your child and it can really get on top of you.

I can never bring myself to watch Mahesh's films. It's way too stressful for me. All his family members are eager to attend and enjoy the previews of his films like normal people. But I sit at home chewing my nails, praying, wondering if this one will be as big as the previous one, and so on.

Everybody knows the mother-daughter relationship is one of the most complex there is.

Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines.

In real life, holidays are extremely stressful. They're the best of times and worst of times because you have got people trying to get along with people that you don't always get along with.

I guessed my mother figured if my father got right down to the task of eating he wouldn’t be so inclined to jump up and strangle my grandmother.

A lot of the moms of autistic kids I met are so consumed with being their child's advocate that there's no room for anything else - least of all themselves. It's why so many marriages end in divorce, when a child is diagnosed on the spectrum.

I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all.

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.