Alexander Ahndoril Quotes

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.

I think something happens to us biologically when we have children where the worry sets in immediately. And I don't think that ever goes away. But you have to fight your instincts to build walls up around your children or to want to shelter and protect them from everything.

I have different reasons for the way that I react to things now that I have kids. It's not about me, it's about my children going out into this world that makes me say, "What the hell are you all doing?" I have to put them out there, and then I have to worry.

My wife Shanti and I are blessed with two wonderful daughters. Nothing is more important to us than protecting their future and the future of every Arkansas child.

Being a parent is weird. It changes people in subtle and unsubtle ways. In my case, it awoke a kind of manic sentinel in my brain. Anything in the house that might be a threat to the kids or to my wife gets terminated - food, sharp edges, poor wiring.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

I wasn't afraid of anything until I had a kid. Then I was terrified because immediately I could imagine a hundred ways in which I could not protect him.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

Once you have kids, horror movies become too horrible to watch because you imagine your own children in those situations, so you stop watching them.

There's not a mom or dad that wants to leave their child unprotected.

As a parent, your biggest fear is having our child not loved.

The moment you have children, it's like your heart gets out of your body, puts on clothes, and walks away.

Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.

I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.

I think I'm much more afraid of making a mistake in raising my daughters than I would be with any work that I do, as an actor. It's a much higher scale of fear, raising kids.

It's so hard [to be parent] and no matter how old you get and how experienced you get you're always scared you're going to screw it up and you're going to make a mistake.

What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him? That would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids - now we've got a problem.

It's quite difficult for a parent to know that their daughter is in great danger.

As a former Governor, and more importantly, as a father, I know all too well how protective elected officials are of the special relationships they have with their children.

They have to exist or not in their own right. I mean, with kids, you don't say, 'Which is your favourite,' or 'Which did you enjoy bringing up the best?'

Like any mum, I fear some mysterious illness befalling my children.

I'm scared of screwing up my kids.

Once you have kids, you think like a parent. You get a lot more protective.

I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.