Elin Nordegren Quotes

I had to learn to respect the relationship my son had with his father outside of the three of us.

I don't care what anyone says, but all children prefer their parents to be together.

You don't bad-mouth your ex or anything like that. The key is your kid knowing that both parents still love him and are there for him.

I was never a warring parent who prejudiced the child against the other parent. We are a family wherein everyone cares for each other.

Britney and I are on the same page. There are no grudges. We communicate on disciplining the kids, and if they're grounded here, they're grounded there. She's a completely different person - as the kids will tell you!

I try to do everything from the viewpoint of what's best for my kids. I have three kids and two great dads and it's not always easy, but you have to try to be a little selfless and we manage just fine.

I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends.

You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod.

It's important that adults get along with each other for the child's sake, and that is our situation.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

My ex-husband and I, even though we're not together, we are 100 percent together in raising our kid. We communicate a lot and where I drop the ball and need him to pick it up or vice versa, he's there.

Dad needs to show an incredible amount of respect and humor and friendship toward his mate so the kids understand their parents are sexy, they're fun, they do things together, they're best friends. Kids learn by example. If I respect Mom, they're going to respect Mom.

I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household.

I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together.

My son spends as much time with his dad as he does with me.

In Shaquille's mind, I think I'm always going to be his wife even though that's not the case. The love is always there and he's one of my best friends. We have a great time together and our kids love us just being a family.

I'm blessed to have a dad who's always there for me and a mom who's always there for me, and they're on good terms.

Just because you've been divorced doesn't mean you're not still a family.

My daughter was four when I married Mihir. I share everything with her and I respect her emotions. She has adjusted quite well.

Even when people don't stay married, they can still be a family together. That's been something that's been really good for developing me as a person. It's been a very positive learning experience.

We have lived together for more than 18 years. Malaika is like family to us even after separation. We have a son together. We are responsible for him.

This is probably one of the most difficult challenges any parent could face - learning to love the other parent enough to make the children first.

Every break-up is unique. But when there are children involved you don't know where to turn.