Tina Turner Quotes

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 really enjoy the company of my kids... I'm not one of those people who goes 'Yeah, my kids are my mates', that's a dreadful kind of mother, but I'm fortunate that there are times that they do want me around, and I feel lucky that they let me into their world.

Family holidays and weekends are really brightly colored memories, full of my mother and father, rather than our nannies and au pairs.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

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

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

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.

I will never regret being there for my children, watching them, making sure they'll be okay. But I might regret not being there for them.

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.

Let's be honest: Parents like me.

I personally don't resent having my children.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

You can become very serious as a parent. That's got to be fought against.