Bernice Weissbourd Quotes

I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child.

We need to ask questions about how we're going to give low-income kids who come from a broken home access to a loving home.

I was a social worker most of my life while raising my two boys.

My family are all mad. But I got a lot of strength from them.

You can't go back to work unless you have a great support network, whatever that is. My mum and dad, sister, and husband are great.

One of the things we want to do is find ways, first, to impress these parents how important it is to have children in a situation where they can respond to them and, second, to bring intergenerational relationships into play.

Like every mom, you try to juggle, but I also want people to know that you don't have to be a superhero. I'm not a superhero; I have a team of people who help me. I have a great family support system.

The only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother was ill.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Of course, the most important factor of all for long life is a good family. When a person goes home with the wife or the kids giving him endless headaches, then it's hard for that person to enjoy a long life. I am very fortunate, because my wife Elizabeth and my obedient children are very good; they have given me happiness.

I spent nearly two decades as a social worker and an educator with kids. So, my whole life has been about helping middle-class families. So it's just kind of a hollow argument to say I'm not a family person.

Women tend to have recognition and peer group support - recognition from friends and family that this has to be a big issue in their lives. They're more comfortable expressing the need for support and receiving it.

All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.

We’ve got to hold our government responsible for providing the kinds of supports that parents need.

When I booked 'Hairspray,' I really didn't have a support system other than my family and friends.

My husband and I had to raise five of my younger brothers and sisters. They lived with us. We sent them to school.

As a carer for my disabled son, I understand just how hard caring is, at the best of times. I know how important it is for families to get the support they need.

My son's birth was pretty life-shattering, in good ways and bad ways. I realized that I needed a doula because I'm not close to my mom, and I don't have a lot of people in New York.

Home Stability Support is our best shot at creating an all-encompassing and effective system to ensure that our at-risk children and families can remain in the homes they deserve.

When I think about people coming out, especially young people, my first concern is, 'Are you safe? Is this a safe time? Are you in a safe place?' Do you have a network of people outside of your parents you can go to if this doesn't go as well as you hoped?

It takes a village to raise a child; that's how I basically balance it. It's twenty four hours in a day.

I have a great support system.

I wanted to be the best mum I could be. I just wanted the means to be able to help myself. And, luckily for me, I had a Sure Start centre and I had adult education I could go back into.

You need your strength and you need as much support from family, friends, and loved ones as you can get.

No matter what Joe Hoffman and Wade Preston say, it's not gender that makes a family; it's love. You don't need a mother and a father; you don't necessarily even need two parents. You just need someone who's got your back.