Constance Marie Quotes

To be with my daughter and play with her is so important to me.

Slow parents understand that childrearing should not be a cross between a competitive sport and product-development. It is not a project; it's a journey. Slow parenting is about giving kids lots of love and attention with no conditions attached.

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.

I used to say, 'Man, I think I'd be a really good dad. I'll be a great provider. I'm funny; I'll go on trips with them - I'll do all sorts of stuff.' But the momming? I'm not made for that. I have a really good mom; I know what she put into it.

Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.

I have two young girls, 8 and 10. They really keep me young.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.

You can never spend enough time with children.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

I'm not a parent yet, but I feel like a kid needs to be loved.

I am a single mum. I raised my daughter, and she was very listened to.

It is good to be a young father, a young parent. You have that energy, and you are growing up with them.

Having a child, that's huge. I get to go home and hug my daughter. That's the greatest thing in the world.

I feel like I'm a really good mom.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

I have two children and they're young yet but all of the children that I know really inspire me.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

Every parent has gone through a period when their child wasn't so happy with them.