Andrea Leadsom Quotes

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

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

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

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

When are we going to make parenting a national priority?

Parenting takes a lot of creativity, and I embrace it fully.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

It is very important for both the parents to spend quality time with their children, at least till they are eight years old, whatever be our social status, or even if grandparents are available to take care of them, and that is the message we try to drive home in 'Pasanga 2.'

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

I don't think I spoke to anyone apart from my daughter for the first two years of her life.

Like some people they're into nannies and the whole social life and they don't spend time with their kids. I'm always with my kids.

I do know I will enjoy family life. What I've seen from moms, or heard stories from people who became a parent, it's such a consuming thing; it's such a wonderful thing. I consider it an extreme luxury to have that time and to not have to do anything else, and just be with my kid.

I personally don't resent having my children.

I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.

There is nothing that compares to the bonding between parent and child in that first year of life. Study after study shows how both parents being involved in the early weeks and months of a child's life is good for the child's development.

Every child needs both parents.

I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.

When I had my first child, I went back to Ireland to live with my mother. So, a typical day there was me being a mother, with my mum showing me how to do things.

Just being able to be around your kid, I don't think anything can beat that.

Like most parents in the US, they are trying, with a little help from UNICEF, to do the best they can to help their children reach their full potential.

[Motherhood] is an incredibly huge challenge. You need support. You need resources. You need access to childcare and good safe schools.

So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it's something I'm drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.

As anyone who is a father or mother out there can tell you, it's pretty amazing.

I try to keep my kids with me everywhere I go.

I think the parenting of Tina and myself combined allowed our kids to really find their passion at an early age.