Bridget Moynahan Quotes

I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone.

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

To all you mothers out there who are raising your children alone either by choice or necessity, don't let anyone tell you you're not a family.

I very much wanted a family and children. I came to it late in life.

I definitely want to have kids. Whether I have a man in my life or not.

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they're born, and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.

I was married by 18 and I had a beautiful little girl.

Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent years fretting about whether I'd ever meet anyone to have a baby with.

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

I really have always wanted to be a parent, and when I hit 36 and had just ended a relationship, I remember thinking how much I still wanted it. But I thought I'd adopt.

I like the idea of a family, but I don't know that I'd like to be a single mum.

I'm really proud of 'Private Life.' It's about a marriage and a couple on the hunt to make a family by any means necessary. They're on such an obsessive quest that, after awhile, you forget that it's even for a baby. It fits right in that middle pocket of being a comedy and a drama.

If you want to stand with me as a single mom - and I know so many of my friends and colleagues do - please don't appropriate my burden as a way to validate your own. To suggest that you are single-parenting when you are simply solo for the weekend devalues what real single mothers do.

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

I have said to myself that if I don't find the right person, I think I would probably adopt on my own, because I think I would be a great dad.

Bringing up children on my own was quite a busy time.

Motherhood is quite challenging. Everyday is a whole new adventure with your child.

I never worried about raising a kid on my own.

It’s funny – my married friends tell me all the time, 'What you have is so much easier.' When you’re doing it on your own, you don't have to [argue over] how you're raising the kids.

Children can be your heartache. But that doesn't matter, you have to go on and have them . . . it works out.

Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.

I am trying to be both mother and father to my children.

A lot of my new material is about being a dad for the first time, about how amazing and stressful it is to be a parent. But don't worry, you will still laugh if you have never had kids.

It is very tough to bring up a child on your own.

When I have children, it will be my choice, and I won't feel under any pressure.