Valerie Jarrett Quotes

I think it's very important for children to understand that women work and that it's fulfilling, and it doesn't mean that they love you any less or care about you any less.

I have two sons and I have taught them to respect women. They have also seen how I, a single mother, have raised them.

This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have.

Good mothers and good fathers and good families don't always have great children.

I want to be a good example for my son. That's the best way to parent - to be the example of what you want to see in them. That's definitely how my parents parented and how my grandparents parented. And it works.

My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

My mom is one of my role models in a complicated way. I learned from her how to be a good mom. She was one of those natural moms who really took to it. Her chosen profession was teaching. She loves kids. But she was extremely frustrated and unhappy because for much of my life she was a stay-at-home mom.

Teach your children everything that you're not, because they will pick up on everything that you are.

My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.

Now I can look back and say I actually like the upbringing I had and my father was very attentive and a great educator.

My mother raised three kids on her own, so I was taught that to be a working mom was a good thing.

We still want to idealize moms, and sometimes we want to idealize actresses who are moms, too. I know that's something I've experienced, but we're all just doing the best we can and we're all trying to raise our kids and talk to them about everything that needs to be discussed.

Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?

I look at my little girl and I wonder what she's going to be and what she's going to do and what is it that leads girls certain directions in life. I think a lot of that goes back to what kind of father they had, and so it makes me want to be the best dad I can possibly be.

The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure.

I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.

I've always referred to my father as 'my coach' because we were always able to separate our relationship into the roles of coach and parent.

I'm in charge of raising a young woman one day, to be a mother and hopefully a wife.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

I think it's really important for every mother to find their own way.

I was raised by a strong single mother.

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

It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands.

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.