Diane Lane Quotes

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.

But with two boys and a new puppy, we don't get out much. We're usually home doing stuff together as a family, like watching 'Modern Family.'

That's the most important thing you do in your life - raise children and try to do the best job as a parent and give your kids the best shot in life to go out there into the big, bad world.

If I'm working in the city, then as soon as I'm home, I try to lock in on my son for a few hours. Every day. I see how important it is that he's starting to come into my world now. It's just an effort to give him that male mode of being.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

It's a hard call, but I've no desire to live my children's lives. I think my job as a father is to protect them, to allow them a safe place to grow up and to teach them what I've learned.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

I take my kids to school. And if I go to work, I go to work, and they visit me on set. I come home. I have dinner with my family. I have breakfast with my family. I have a very solid, very warm home.

It's important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

I'm in an age bracket now where I can play the father of an adult daughter whose going through her life issues, and she'll come to me for advice while I'm wearing my Christmas sweater and swirling a cup of hot cocoa.

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

My daily life is mostly spent with my three kids and raising them.

Kids grow up, and they still need you.

My advice for parents is to support your children, make sure they are having fun. Support them and be there for them. Give them encouragement and make it a life lesson that along the way they are learning to make good decisions and do the right thing.

I think I would have appreciated being at home with my kids a little bit more. Raising a child, surely that in itself is the biggest thing we're ever going to do?

I feel teenage is an age when you should try and spend most of your time with your child. You can't leave them with maid or servants.

You can never really live anyone else's life, not even your child's. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you've become yourself.

My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them.