Andrew Solomon Quotes

I would never recommend my novel as a parenting guide. But we happen to live at a very hectic and hurried time, and I believe that many parents are too wrapped up in themselves.

For all that being a parent is normal statistically, it's not normal psychologically. It produces some of the most extreme emotions you'll ever have.

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an engaged, imperfect parent and a passionate researcher. I'm an experienced mapmaker and a stumbling traveler. Like many of you, parenting is by far my boldest and most daring adventure.

It is always fragile, being a parent.

I don't think anyone masters parenthood.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.

I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything.

Around a third of parents still worry that they will look like a bad mother or father if their child has a mental health problem. Parenting is hard enough without letting prejudices stop us from asking for the help we need for ourselves and our children.

With parenting, like any other skill in life, practice makes perfect.

I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!

I'm no parenting guru. I suppose you just take everyday as it comes and do what you think is best.

I think every family has that moment when the parents realize they need help and think, Oh my gosh. We cannot do this all alone. Every woman has that panic at some point in motherhood when you feel completely overwhelmed and constantly tired.

There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.

As much as we teach our kids, the process teaches us. If we're being diligent, we're learning from our strengths as parents, but also from the mistakes that we make.

Sometimes I really think people ought to have to pass a proper exam before they're allowed to be parents. Not just the practical, I mean.

I think parenting is one of the most important jobs, because you can hit two or three generations with the values in your house and the traditions you establish. But I don't think I'm very good at it, and I don't know anybody who thinks they're very good at it. Probably almost everyone gets an A in grandparenting, but in parenting, if you get a B- you're doing pretty good.

My father taught me how to be a parent and gave me a positive connection with men because he is a gentleman.

A baseball manager has learned a lot about his job from having played the game, but a parent has not learned a thing from having once been a child.

Super confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment.

Parenting is the greatest of hum-a-few-bars-and-I'll-fake-it skills.

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence: it affects personality for better or for worse.

A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

The most important thing is actually raising up children with a true and lasting burning sense of curiosity. I don't even know how they do it. Good parents are a marvel.