Ann Romney Quotes

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

My mother always worked and thought staying at home was a bit twee, and that you should get your act together and do something useful. Now I think that's the most useful thing you can do: bring up some non-criminals.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

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

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

I took being a mom very seriously.

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

That's how I judge a winner - how somebody manages their family and raises their family.

Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it.

Decent responsible parents are a royal pain- that's how you know when you have them [such parents].

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

I love my kids as individuals, not as a herd, and I do have a herd of children: I have seven kids.

Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

My kids get everything they want and are raised well.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.