Leslie Morgan Steiner Quotes

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

Parenting is perhaps the most important job we have in our lives.

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

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

Teach your children everything that you're not, because they will pick up on everything that you are.

I think birth and motherhood are not things that you're trained to do. You might have a good example in your own mum, but nobody teaches you how to be a really great mum.

Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

In May 2006, I had our son, Calder. I spent the next couple of years learning how to be a mom.

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 love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.

What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is.

So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.

You don't take a class; you're thrown into motherhood and learn from experience.

As children, we looked up to our maids and our nannies, who were playing in some ways the role of our mothers. They were paid to be nice to us, to look after us, teach us things and take time out of their day to be with us. As a child you think of these people as an extension of your mother.

I'm not a perfect mom, but I'm perfect for my kids.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

Power doesn't have to be on such a big scale for powerful things to occur. Within your own home, you can be a powerful woman as a mother, influencing your children's lives.

Everything I am is because of my mom.

There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.

Your son and your daughter needs an excellent father more than an excellent college.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

Women have nine months more experience than you do - nine months to prepare for being a parent.

I think I've become more like my mom just because of what we're both interested in, children and teaching and writing.