Sara Davies Quotes

But for me, I knew that if I had a baby, I would have to take care of that baby, and I wouldn't have been happy with a nanny taking care of my baby and walking into the room and having my child run across the room to another woman.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

Being able to stay home with my children is what I prefer.

The mother who stays home instead of working sacrifices her aspirations and career to ensure that her child is well taken care of.

Growing up, my mom was a stay-at-home mom. I knew that her entire world revolved around us, and she relished being involved in every school project and every craft.

My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.

If a mother is sitting in a chair at the office, someone needs to be at home with her child. In some cases, that is a father. Much of the time, the material manifestation of the conflict is a nanny.

Sometimes I think I might have children while I'm still working, but then I think I'd better wait until I can give them all I want to give.

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

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

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

One thing I've been happy as peach pie about - because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

I'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

I always tried to do the best for my kid.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

I'm almost a full-time mom.

I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.

Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.