Natalie Maines 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.

Once you have kids, horror movies become too horrible to watch because you imagine your own children in those situations, so you stop watching them.

I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched.

Every parent has those moments where they look at their child and think, 'There's a demon in those eyes and no one can see it but me!'

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.

I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.

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

I know parents across America remain sick with worry about the safety of their children. I feel that anguish.

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

I understand why parents worry about books - they're worried about their kids. They want to keep their kids safe. But parents aren't always realistic.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'

The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter.

A mortal parent may appreciate, in some small way, the feelings of a loving Heavenly Father. When our children come to the age when they must leave our direct care, we feel anxiety for their safety and concern that those who are to help them will not fail them.

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.

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.

You love your child, and you want to protect your child more than anything on this planet, and yet, by the time they're 17, 18, they're going to step into this world, and that world will not feel the same compunction, necessarily, toward your daughter.

Like many people of my generation, I feel like I survived my adolescent mischief only by a miracle, and it seems too much to hope for that the same miracle would befall my children - therefore, I want to make sure they take fewer chances than I did.