Peter De Vries Quotes

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

Raising George Walker was not easy.

No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.

My children weary me. I can only see them as defective adults: feckless, destructive, frivolous, sensual, humorless.

Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's when you'll know what it really feels like." .. "What what feels like?"..."Love," said Angela.

My mother would do anything for her children. And that's how I am too.

The story of Warner Brothers' movie, 'Mildred Pierce,' recounts the enormous and unrewarded sacrifices that a mother (Joan Crawford) makes for her spoiled, greedy daughter (Ann Blythe).

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.

Taking a child to the toy store is the nearest thing to a death wish parents can have.

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

My children know I would never call anyone to give my son or daughter a break.

One is a child when one has a child. No one says, 'You will never be the same again.' Which is the truth! And we're all supposed to be happy all the time. What is that about?

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

I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us.

My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.

Parenting is an impossible job at any age.

When you become a parent, that's a whole new level of life intruding. Nobody tells you how boring and time-sucking it's going to be! Or how the responsibility feels like an airbag going off in your life.

Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.

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

No one realizes how hard parenthood is. I am not saying going into the office is easy. It's not. But parenthood, as fun as it is, is not for the fainthearted.

As a parent, you go through a whole lot of really tough things, and you kind of want other parents to experience those tough things as payback - especially when it's your brother.

Wayward, disobedient children cause their parents grief and anxiety.

My mom's an angel, bless her heart, for everything I put her through.

My deep emotional connection to my mother, a remarkable woman who made a hard choice to save her children, and who valiantly struggled to care for us as a single parent, is the current that has driven my entire life. Everything I've accomplished is a testament to her fortitude.

I mean, the human race wouldn't continue if anyone told you how hard it is having kids, would it?