Mariella Frostrup Quotes

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

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

The original 'Artist's Way' focused on the nurturing of the self. The 'Artist's Way for Parents' focuses both on nurturing the self and nurturing the children in our care.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!

The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

I have a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old, and think I missed a recital and a graduation, and they were like 'It's OK mommy, we'll take pictures.' It was my upset, though... they were just fine! I just give them a kiss and a hug and let them know that I love them every day.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.

I think kids are in your temporary care, and that they probably arrive with pretty much the personalities they're going to have. I grew up in a perfectly traditional family and turned out how I did. I'm not sure there's much that the family can do except lots of love and lots of care and lots of chances for them to develop the best they can.

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.

I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.

To me, Slow parenting is about bringing balance into the home. Children need to strive and struggle and stretch themselves, but that does not mean childhood should be a race. Slow parents give their children plenty of time and space to explore the world on their own terms.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.

When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth.

Many people think that discipline is the essence of parenting. But that isn't parenting. Parenting is not telling your child what to do when he or she misbehaves. Parenting is providing the conditions in which a child can realize his or her full human potential.

As a dad I'm emotionally dedicated but I'm not 'figuring out their life plans'. But of course as I'm telling them about the rights of wrongs I'm thinking back to what I was like at their age.

I didn't have my first child until I was 40. I actually learned about motherhood from management.

No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

What I do with my kids is I tell them I love them every day, but also I tell them the truth.

I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.