Mark Linn-Baker Quotes

I had a kid, so I had to step it up and get that cake.

Yeah, I could go rock on the back porch and do crossword puzzles - but I've got six kids, ages 9 to 16, and someone in the family should work. That's me.

A mother's got to be there to raise the children. That's all there is to it. I feel badly for those mothers who work hard, and can't do it all the time.

In Sweden, both parents take care of the children.

My mom was a hairstylist, but she quit doing that to raise the kids - there were four of us. There was no money.

The fact that a woman is attached to her professional life should not prevent her from being a mother.

I haven't really given much thought to the whole 'working mother' thing.

I take care of my kids every day. I drop them off at school and pick them up whenever my wife is too tired.

I was a social worker most of my life while raising my two boys.

My focus is supporting my family and children and whatever way that comes, in a healthy way, I'm gonna do it.

I love being a dad. I'd do it full-time if I didn't have to make a living.

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

I'm just a regular 24/7 dad now.

It was never something that I thought put me in a good light, that I was a working mom.

I didn't have any more children because I couldn't have continued working - and I was the main breadwinner. But although we are small in number, family life has always been hugely important to me.

I work hard and try to combine a demanding career with motherhood.

I wasn't interested in having children of my own. I know what would have happened - I'd have been left at home to look after the kids, and my career would have been over while my husband travelled the world.

You don't have to wait for your career to take off to become a mum: that's kind of what I want to show. Becoming a mum made me even more driven, and I think it doesn't stop your career - it just boosts it. It makes you well-organised, and with a little bit of sacrifice, of course you can do it all.

The phrase 'working mum' makes me nervous.

Physically, women have some challenges in the kitchen, like lifting heavy pots on and off the stove. You learn to adapt; you learn to find a way. But the biggest challenge for women in this industry is how to balance a family with such a demanding career.

I want to have money so I can spend it having children. I want to have three or four and be a really good mother and make sure they have a really brilliant life with parents who are not struggling.

Americans want to work. We want to take care of our families. It's in our DNA, the American work ethic.

It is draining when you have a child, and there aren't many women directors with kids out there as role models.

I think I'll just become a full-time dad, at home, with my family.