Jo Swinson Quotes

Not that we didn't have close relationships with our parents - I'm very close to my mom - but parents didn't think anything of going off for a few weeks and leaving their kids.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

It has been tough being a mother of two daughters without a co-parent because I think I was a child myself, as my mother was.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

Being a parent is too complicated and emotional a task for magical techniques and miracle cures.

While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

Parents really just need support and not to be blamed and not to have fingers pointed at them.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

That undeniable love for your child... that's something I totally get. And the bumps in the road, too. Like, any parent that thinks they have a perfect relationship with their child is a liar, or they're just not present.

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now where we think if, God forbid, you couldn't talk to someone, you would flip out - you know what I mean?

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

I am really bad at being a mom. I think it's hard for me to be a mom. I do my best. I am not the poster child for being a mother, I will say that. I wish I was.

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 don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids.

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

The biggest challenge is the chaos of parenthood, which has honestly been such a welcome challenge - bring it on, I say!

It is always fragile, being a parent.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

I married an excellent parent, but I'm not sure that I've made a great parent.