Arsenio Hall Quotes

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

My mom was a single mom, and she had enough on her plate. I knew when I was doing something I wasn't supposed to, and I tried to keep her from finding out about it. I did a pretty good job of that.

I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.

No one chooses to raise children alone.

Parenthood is so wild in its ability to put a mirror directly in your face and force you to look at yourself long and hard. What a challenge this is, but also what an exhilarating gift.

I grew up without a father, so I have to be on point for my kids.

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood.

Parenting a pre-teen is quite something.

We are all trying to balance our careers and children and give as much of ourselves and our time to them. You work and have a husband, and projects, and friends. It is a balancing act.

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.

I've taken blame about being a bad father - if being a bad father is working your butt off trying to create a career at one time.

I had an amazing mother. She raised nine kids, practically as a single parent, which is the hardest thing in the world. Nine of us! Day in and day out. She had to make sure we all had an education and that we all felt loved.

You can't separate the two, being a parent, being a cop.

For a decade, I was a stay-at-home mom. I sent my husband to his law office, sat on PTA boards and baked cookies - great cookies. All of a sudden, I had no husband, no job, few prospects, and two small children who had grown accustomed to eating.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'

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

I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.

You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you're the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

I had no expectations about fatherhood, really, but it's definitely a journey I'm glad to be taking. Number one, it's a great learning experience. When my mother told me it's a 24/7 job, she wasn't kidding.

We share responsibility. It's important to have a good spouse; that's where I sympathize with single parents.

Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.