Rosalind Wiseman Quotes

There is good and there is bad, and then there are mothers.

As a parent, I understand that on an individual level parents would do anything for their child.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.

I'd be the best mum ever. I would. I've got great training from my mum.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

I had an amazing mother. She raised nine kids, practically as a single parent, which is the hardest thing in the world. Nine of us! Day in and day out. She had to make sure we all had an education and that we all felt loved.

I think as mothers we are all just trying our best.

I think you really have to become a parent to understand what you will endure to be there for your kids.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

If I'm lucky enough to see the day when my sons are living independently, maybe with families of their own, I'll still be wondering how I can be a better mother and worrying about the things I overlooked back when they lived under my roof.

I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best for them.

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman; you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someone else more than yourself and it is an unexplainable situation.

The world needs our mothers.

My mother gave up a good part of her career to look after me.

The thing is, my fantasies about being a parent always involved fighting for my unpopular child, doing for her what my own parents couldn't do for me when I was a girl. I am so ready to be that little girl's mother.

You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way.

I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no right way to raise your children. You have to find your own way. It's your way and it's your child.

I understand what it is for a woman to want to protect their children and give them the best they can.

It's tough to be a mother. At any age. It's tough. It's a lot of work.

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.

I was a perfect mother.

Motherhood takes vanity completely out of the picture. Comfort is the key. When you are coming out of a plane after a 9-hour flight with drool all over your clothes, the last thing you are worried about is being photographed. You just want to take your kid home.