Gwen Stefani Quotes

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.

I don't like waking up. I feel like staying in bed usually, but I can't because I've got two kids standing next to my bed, just eager to live another day.

There is nothing better than being a parent. It is the most challenging job one could ever ask for. I love being a mom and I love being a friend to my children as well.

It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right.

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

Would I like kids? If I knew I could be - and how could I put this delicately - faithful, then yes. I do like kids.

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, I'm pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

I'm almost a full-time mom.

My biggest ambition over everything is to have kids. It feels great. I'd love a big family.

I've always wanted to have kids. I do think I would be a great mom.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

Parents, raise your kids. Young men and women, raise your kids.

My deal is that I pay more attention to whatever job I have than the relationships I have. Now, if I had considered my job to be a wife and mother, then I would have been pretty good at it. But I didn't consider it a job. I thought it was like brushing your teeth - it's not fun, it's just something you do to keep your teeth from falling out.

My sister has three kids so I've spent a lot of time around children and I've always really liked them and wanted my own. It's cool because you think all babies are the same but they aren't at all. They all have such different personalities. It's crazy.

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

Every day, I wake up, and the first thing I think of is my kids.

I'll be a little bummed out if I make it to my 70s and didn't have a kid. I have two dogs and I know how much I love them. I would like to love and raise a kid.

Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.

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

I probably spend more time with my kids than the average stay-at-home mother.

I definitely want to have kids. I've grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.

I love kids and children, and I love being a mom.

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.