Michelle Keegan Quotes

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.

I'm obsessed with my parents.

I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

Be a father first. Don't put a priority of being a friend with your wife first, or a friend with your kids first.

I'm more like my father, personality-wise. But my mom and I get alone really well - obviously, because my mom and my dad get along so well.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family.

I've always been way closer to my mom. I'm close to my dad, but they're totally different kinds of relationships.

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.

It would be nice if I did have a good relationship with my family, and yes, part of me longs to have a mum and dad who love and accept me for who I am. But if they never do, it's OK.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

You know, you know, obviously, if my daughter's happy, you know, then I don't have any problem.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

I've got a pretty close bond with everyone in my family. I've got a brother and a sister whom I'm very close to, and my parents have always been the world's best parents.

I like to be loved by my children, and I quite like the Guardian hating me.

I love my dad; I'm a daddy's girl, all the way.

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

Father or stepfather - those are just titles to me. They don't mean anything.

Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship with their own parents.

My mother gets told, 'Oh, you're so lucky that your daughters are doing so well.' She never corrects anybody when they assume Helen is her daughter.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

The only people on this planet that can make me feel like my feelings are hurt are my kids.