Suriya Quotes

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

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

I'm pretty intentional about being highly invested in my kids' lives.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.

If you're not yelling at your kids, then you're not spending enough time with them!

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

Most moms and dads, they want to be good moms and dads. But it's an incredibly hard job when you are stressed out, when you are poor, when your life is in chaos. And giving them some of the tools to be better parents, to whittle away at that parenting gap, gives those kids a much better starting point in life.

But for me, I knew that if I had a baby, I would have to take care of that baby, and I wouldn't have been happy with a nanny taking care of my baby and walking into the room and having my child run across the room to another woman.

Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been people.

Kids need parents who love and support them unconditionally, full stop.

Ninety per cent of being a parent is just being present and available.

Showing up in the lives of children is everything.

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

It's not enough to make time for your children. There are certain stages in their lives when you have to give them the time when they want it. You can't run your family like a company. It doesn't work.

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.