Lori Lightfoot Quotes

I think I'm a really hands-on mom.

I want to be a strong, safe mom who my kids also want to be around.

I hope I'm very similar to my mum because she is a fantastic mother. She was driven as well as being incredibly protective and caring, and I think that is important.

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

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

I'm not a perfect mom, but I'm perfect for my kids.

I'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.

I'm doing everything in my power to be a great mother. I wish I could be with her throughout the day, because I'm always working, but I make sure that whether it's the morning or nighttime, I make it extra special.

What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.

My job as a mother isn't just to provide for my children, it's to be there for them, too - someone they can speak to, hang out with, and lean on.

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

The great thing about small children is they're portable, so we take them everywhere, but when it comes to 2015, Zachary's going to school, and I want to be there to drop him off and pick him up. I don't want to just be the father who reads them a bedtime story.

Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.

The most important thing with children is to give them your time. Actually, that's all that matters.

It's quite a job, so to speak, when you can really be with your child for 21 out of 24 hours.

I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.

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.

A mother plays a very important role in every child's life.

I think every mother does what is best for her child because it's such a joy and a daily learning experience.

I am a friendly father.

I'm sure all the mothers out there can relate when I say family is priority number one.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

Since I've had a son, I want to be around to see him grow up.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.