Georgia Holt Quotes

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.

I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.

I am trying to be both mother and father to my children.

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

Surely no child should fear his own father - especially a priesthood father. A father's duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy.

In my experience (I am the lone father of an eight-year-old boy who lost his mother when he was one year old), parenting is the most difficult of all jobs: forget your chief executives, editors, prime ministers and the like - parenting is far more challenging.

My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.

Alright, alright, I admit it: my husband is the quiet, kind, accepting parent, and I'm the one who wants so much to be part of our two daughters' lives than I can't even let them finish a story without interrupting.

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you.

That undeniable love for your child... that's something I totally get. And the bumps in the road, too. Like, any parent that thinks they have a perfect relationship with their child is a liar, or they're just not present.

Every child needs both parents.

I am really bad at being a mom. I think it's hard for me to be a mom. I do my best. I am not the poster child for being a mother, I will say that. I wish I was.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.

A lot of things in 'Parents' I find very truthful.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.