Padma Lakshmi Quotes

I'm raising my daughter with her grandparents in the picture, and that feels good.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.

I was given an enormous amount of love by my parents.

I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.

You can't raise kids alone, you can't heal alone... you really need a community.

My mum Margaret was a single parent, but though life was a bit of a struggle she gave me every encouragement.

From the moment this baby came into our home, those two dogs have never been more in love. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever witnessed. People keep saying, 'Oh, you're a single mom.' I'm like, 'Actually, I'm not. I've got two boys helping.'

I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time, and my husband is my hero. He's really full-on. I couldn't do it any other way.

I am convinced that the reason why my kids have become very fulfilled and achieving human beings is because I wasn't raising them alone.

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love.

Even now, my husband Jerry, our son Matthew and I live only five minutes away from my parents home, and my brothers live about ten minutes away. It's been great having such a supportive family.

My son has one parent who's 50. I want him to have a family of young people, too!

I had a baby at 19 and was a grandmother by 39. Now, my children lend me their children to take them off to Brittany. It's divine. I'm quite exceptionally lucky. I've never had a week without having all three of my daughters on the telephone.

If I moved back, my mother would love for me to move in because she absolutely loves her boys. 12 boys. She showers all of us. Would be no problem. She would love to have us back in the house.

My daughters all have aunties who help out. It takes a village.

I've always been close to my family. I've got a lot of nieces and nephews, but I'm a good uncle.

I've always wanted a big family - not this big!

I've got good family support.

I refuse to be held up as some kind of superwoman because, in my mind, the superwomen are the ones who do it on their own. I have my partner, who will be a stay-at-home father. I will do as much as I can, but I will have a village around me, and there's lots of people who don't have that.

I have a super supportive family.

Having such a supportive family has really shaped the person that I am today.

It's nice to be in the family I'm in with all their support.

One thing I'm very grateful for is that I know, every time I leave, my wife is going to keep my kids happy, and whenever I get home, they are going to miss me.

I'm encouraged by what I see of men trying to be there for their children.