Salman Rushdie Quotes

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

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

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

I'm not sure what it means fully to be a parent.

What I continue to learn as a parent is to be mindful of the fact that I am responsible for being the parent that my children need me to be and not necessarily the parent I want to be.

When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it to them to be as present as I can in their daily lives and to try my best to stay alive until they've made it through to adulthood.

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

Fatherhood didn't change me in the beginning very much.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

Let's be honest: Parents like me.

I do know I will enjoy family life. What I've seen from moms, or heard stories from people who became a parent, it's such a consuming thing; it's such a wonderful thing. I consider it an extreme luxury to have that time and to not have to do anything else, and just be with my kid.

Every child needs both parents.

Fatherhood is a process you can't really express.

Some parents want to be popular, but that's not their job.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

You can become very serious as a parent. That's got to be fought against.

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.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

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

Fatherhood, both times for me, was a choice.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

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