Anne Lamott Quotes

I always speak so highly of my mom because she's my partner in crime, and none of this would be possible without her love and support. Always have to make time for Mom.

I don't take it lightly that I brought a life into this world. They're waiting for you every day, these sweet little angels. You have to have time for them to interact on a daily basis.

The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not visited on the children.

I really, really admire my parents so much, for how they raised me. They're some of the best human beings I know.

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

As a father, I do everything my dad didn't do. My son Beau's birth changed my life.

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

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

The sweetest thing I could say about my mother and father is that if I had the choice, I would have picked them. But I don't have any belief in biology or DNA as compelling conduct. The idea that we owe people something because we're related to them is bizarre. But the idea that we owe something because of their conduct towards us is legitimate.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband.

When I was a youngster I lived with different families. I nearly always felt closer to the man of the house. Maybe because I always dreamed of having a father of my own.

I was a momma's boy. I didn't get anything from Dad, except my body and baseball knowledge. The only time I spent with him was at the ballpark.

I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems.

An unhappy mother does not raise a happy child.

I always knew, even as a kid, that my mom had a really rough life, and I always wanted to make her feel happy and to make her feel good.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

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

My wife and I have a schizophrenic son. We didn't want to accept this for 30 years, so we put him under great pressure when we shouldn't have. He just wanted to be looked after, and we didn't respect that. We tried to make him independent.

The great lesson I got from my parents is how not to treat your children. To break that chain, even if I don't do anything else, at least I've done that.

I have a strong family, and they're not going to baby me, even though I am the baby. They're never gonna do that.

I have it all because my children did not whine and cry when I was not there.

Our daughter was not damaged or hurt in any way. She was simply relinquished to foster care by two people who were not ready to be parents. I admire them for giving her the chance for a better life. And I am grateful they gave my husband and me the opportunity to be parents.

It makes my life easier that I don't have to take my daughter or son to school, that I've not got to look after them because they are ill. But then, I'm not nurtured and cherished, so I will seek external love from other close relationships.