Pamela Adlon Quotes

I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.

Everybody knows the competing identities of people who have kids.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

Yes, I have four children. Four children with whom I spend a good part of every day: bathing them, combing their hair, sitting with them while they do their homework, holding them while they weep their tragic tears. But I'm not in love with any of them. I am in love with my husband.

Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.

Parenting definitely has some challenging moments.

I'll never get sick of raising my children, but other people might get sick of them.

It's harder for me, never having brought up a child, to enter the universe of the child.

I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about your kids. They want to hear about the upcoming books, writing advice, conventions..."

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

I'm a mother of three children, and we do make mistakes.

I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.

The center of my life is my kids, I woke up at 3 in the morning with four kids with jet lag and two babies. I put myself together for a few hours and go out. And then I go home. This is my job.

I don't like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can't because I've got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

Parenting is a constant struggle between making your kids life better and ruining your own.

Today the problem that has no name is how to juggle work, love, home and children.

It's difficult to parent one kid, let alone five! It's insane. It's this strange, overwhelming mess that I would not trade for anything. I think it's more difficult in New York City. It's not like we can hop in the minivan and go somewhere. I don't own a car. It's chaos anywhere. Being a parent is difficult. Being a son and a daughter is difficult. It's a human relationship.

My two kids take a lot of my focus, which I'm grateful for.

The difference when you have kids comes up when someone wants to meet you out after 9:30 at night. You consider that giant sacrifice. You're like, "Do I do this? Do I stay out until 10:30 and be angry, all of tomorrow?

When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

Let me tell you something, planes and kids... I've got a 3 and 1 year old, I don't wish that on anybody.

I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.