Paddy McGuinness Quotes

I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone.

It is very tough to bring up a child on your own.

There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can't seem to figure out.

Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em!

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

It's much more work for the mother of an autistic child to have a job, because working with an autistic child is such a hassle until they go to school.

One of the great pleasures of having children is spending one-on-one time with them. Sadly, I could do that for only a few minutes at a time. I'd never say that ADD/ADHD is a gift or a blessing. And if someone says it is a gift, I'd love to return it.

Parenting is an impossible job at any age.

It's expensive to raise a child with special needs, which people don't even think about. Emotionally it can be a struggle, but financially it's really rough.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

Do your kids a favor - don't have any.

It's different when your son is not typical, and you have to deal with him and handle him every single day.

Bringing up children on my own was quite a busy time.

No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.

My biggest challenge is my severely autistic son.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

This is one thing they forget to mention in most child-rearing books, that at times you will just lose your mind. Period.

I think parenting is one of the most important jobs, because you can hit two or three generations with the values in your house and the traditions you establish. But I don't think I'm very good at it, and I don't know anybody who thinks they're very good at it. Probably almost everyone gets an A in grandparenting, but in parenting, if you get a B- you're doing pretty good.

Babies and toddlers are mostly what I've been exposed to at this point. I'm hoping parenting just gets much easier after this. It does, right?

My kids were completely out of control, while I was working fifteen hours a day plus weekends. I screamed a lot, something I'm not particularly proud of, but it was that or firearms.

The challenging part of parenting is to stick to your ideals and not give in.

I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man.

You have your children and it's hard to even hold it in - emotionally.

(About parenting:) ... all that tedium, broken up by little spurts of high drama.

Being a parent is about your survival. Surviving the terrible two's is the most important thing. Kids get heavy. Quite literally. They're heavy to lift up when they're throwing tantrums.