Pat Benatar Quotes

We have three daughters, our own. And, of course, there's nothing more frightening than something bad happening to them. And also, the thought of our children turning bad in some ways is another frightening thought.

As a parent you protect your kids as much as possible.

Our kids come first, and we really put them at the top of our priority list.

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

I mean, when the world comes for your children, with the knives out, it's your job to stand in the way.

This is our first task-caring for our children. It's our first job. If we don't get that right, we don't get anything right. That's how, as a society, we will be judged.

I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.

I figure if the kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job.

Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.

It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and bring them up.

To be told that our child's behavior is "normal" offers little solace when our feelings are badly hurt, or when we worry that hisactions are harmful at the moment or may be injurious to his future. It does not help me as a parent nor lessen my worries when my child drives carelessly, even dangerously, if I am told that this is "normal" behavior for children of his age. I'd much prefer him to deviate from the norm and be a cautious driver!

My kids are very young. I'm sure there's a world of horror for me to worry about as they get older.

If you have kids, in my opinion, your priorities better shift to them.

We're dealing with problems that kids today have now and that is a scary thing because kids nowadays, obviously, it's no-holds-barred. I'm scared to have children someday.

The idea of my kids being spoiled, I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about. I'm trying to do the right thing. With the amount of money I have, it's difficult to raise children the way I was raised. But I took away the west and north wing of the house for those guys. So, they're not allowed in there.

My greatest fear is that I'll fail my kids.

Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.

I worry about my children, actually. I'm trying to give them a decent upbringing but I sometimes worry that that means they're going to be kind of mediocre adults. Like maybe I should throw them out for a bit and give them some adversity.

Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying

Children live in the same world we do. To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive it's a vanity.

Is there anything more important than a child?

Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.

If you've got kids you know you've only got one prayer: "Let my kids outlive me." That's the bottom of everything.

If any of us had a child that we thought was as bad as we know we are, we would have cause to start to worry.

Pretty soon I'll start worrying about [my fame] because [my children] carry my name and they have that exposure. The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.