Travis Barker Quotes

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

Like some people they're into nannies and the whole social life and they don't spend time with their kids. I'm always with my kids.

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.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

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

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.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

I didn't want my daughter brought up by nannies, and I didn't want her to feel I wasn't around.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

It has to be real, and I think a lot of the problems we have as a society is because we don't acknowledge that family is important, and it has to be people who are present, you know, and mothers and fathers, both are not present enough with children.

But for me, I knew that if I had a baby, I would have to take care of that baby, and I wouldn't have been happy with a nanny taking care of my baby and walking into the room and having my child run across the room to another woman.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

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.

At the end of the day, I'm Violet's mom, and I want the best for her.

You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.

I personally don't resent having my children.

I know what I wanna be and what I don't wanna be, which is an absent parent. I wanna be hands-on.

Every child needs both parents.