Grace Poe Quotes

A mortal parent may appreciate, in some small way, the feelings of a loving Heavenly Father. When our children come to the age when they must leave our direct care, we feel anxiety for their safety and concern that those who are to help them will not fail them.

I don't want him to hurt himself. I don't want him to choke on something. You're just so concerned for them, and it hurts you. It's so alarming, man. I feel it for the people around me, but it's deeper for my son. Only a parent would understand.

When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.

I don't like going away from my children.

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to.

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

I constantly worry about my family and my kids. 'Are they O.K., what are they doing right now?'

Once you have kids, horror movies become too horrible to watch because you imagine your own children in those situations, so you stop watching them.

I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too.

I don't go around straightening pictures or anything like that, but I do obsess about the safety of those I love, particularly the kids.

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.

I wanted my children to never feel like they were unsafe. I wanted them to have everything they needed.

I know parents across America remain sick with worry about the safety of their children. I feel that anguish.

If anyone did any harm to my children, I don't know what I would do.

Lord that she might be safe. She and my children.

I look for the safety of my child. I don't really care about me.

I love my family, they love me. And my little brothers, they're like my sons. I raised them.

I love my brothers' kids. It's funny - as an uncle, you become so protective of them.

I've never worried about anything in my life a fraction of the way I worry about my daughter. It's much more than hoping people like the play you're in, or that your outfit doesn't look bad. It's the real deal.

Being a parent is weird. It changes people in subtle and unsubtle ways. In my case, it awoke a kind of manic sentinel in my brain. Anything in the house that might be a threat to the kids or to my wife gets terminated - food, sharp edges, poor wiring.

'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.

I wasn't afraid of anything until I had a kid. Then I was terrified because immediately I could imagine a hundred ways in which I could not protect him.

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.