Candice Bergen Quotes

I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.

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 always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

Different parents have different standards for their children.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

It has been tough being a mother of two daughters without a co-parent because I think I was a child myself, as my mother was.

I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

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

There are illegitimate parents, but I don't believe there are any illegitimate children.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

I always wonder what my life would be like if I had parents like the other kids who went to my high school.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

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

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life.

I often find that the best parents are the ones without children.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.