Michel de Montaigne Quotes

A capable mother keeps her young people employed and thus out of mischief. She demands from them co-operative helpfulness. She maintains Shelter. She distributes praise and blame. She keeps order. She does not pretend to practice "democracy", the children do not elect their teachers nor determine the methods of family government. Any mother who knows her business is in her home an absolute domestic dictator. It is she who decides what the children shall eat and wear, when they shall get up or go to bed, and go to school, and come home, &c. Her reign extends however, only over the young and her sole object is to fit them to take proper care of themselves later and to make their own way in life

I'm the mother of four.

The Lord has directed, Bring up your children in light and truth. To me, there is no more important human effort. Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge; it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring consecration. President David O. McKay (1873-1970) stated that being parents is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

I hope, what I hope the most is to be more successful as a mother than in show business, because to be a mother is the most difficult I will ever have to do.

I always assumed that, like my mother before me, one day I would have children. When I was 5, my fantasy was to have a hundred dogs and a hundred kids.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

I won't be having any more kids, though. Four is enough.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

I might get some more animals or something, but I'm done with the kids. I got a boy, I got a girl, and I got an older boy. I'm straight.

The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.

I was the oldest of five children, each about a year apart, and my mother, bless her heart, had her hands full.

I think I'm a good dad. It's hard. Ultimately, it's our kids that have the final word. So we'll have to ask them.

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

I'd like another child, and maybe if it doesn't work out, I'll adopt.

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

I'm the father of four daughters.

Early on, I didn't intend to have children. I thought it was too difficult a world for them. But then it happened, and I am thrilled to have them now.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

We all want to raise our children well.

I had my little boy, and I took three years off to have him and be a mom.

I am the mother of five children.

I definitely want to be a mom.

I don't neglect my kids. They are my priority. They come on shoots.

Bringing up children always has a bigger role for the mother.

Who's taking care of the children is an important question for all of us.