Elizabeth Hurley Quotes

I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.

It has been tough being a mother of two daughters without a co-parent because I think I was a child myself, as my mother was.

I had a lot of guilt as a single mother trying to raise a child. I had to go to work and Jeffrey was screaming that he didn't want me to. You have to give yourself permission to let go of the guilt.

I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating.

Sometimes, being a single mother, I miss the freedom. I see my other friends with kids, and when they go out for a drink, it is the dad that stays in.

I am trying to be both mother and father to my children.

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 certainly know what it is like to go to work and leave your baby at home. It is an ache that only other mothers can understand. I always say that it feels like you've left a limb at home. And I really struggled for the first few months of work. There were times when I shut myself in my room and cried.

I've got a single mother.

I am a single mother - that is the reality.

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard.

The best situation is being a single parent. The best part about is that you get time off, too, because the kids are with their mom, so it's the best of both worlds. There's a lot to be said for it.

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.

No one chooses to raise children alone.

Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person. This one person, who strives to give the best, may be overwhelmed, busy, trying to raise many children. And even in homes with two parents, many children are essentially alone.

I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.

My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.

I was divorced when my children were young, so I was a single mother for a while. It's so hard to have to do every little thing yourself and be forced to navigate the rocky emotions of motherhood alone.

Why is it braver to be a single mother versus being with a partner? Being in a couple and having a child could be more challenging because there might be conflict if the male partner cannot understand the extreme attachment a woman feels when she has a child.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

I think all parents have a double life.

I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time.

All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

My mother raised three girls, really, pretty much on her own, and she didn't have time for play or conversation or whatever. She had to take care of a house, a business, and three kids.

I like the idea of a family, but I don't know that I'd like to be a single mum.