Marcia Gay Harden Quotes

My kids really still share the one thing that I think is life-changing, and that's eye contact with me. As they've gotten older, I have made it a priority to continue that.

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

When your child believes you really respect what he's feeling, he'll be much more likely to trust you.

I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.

It's about strengthening the relationship and the bond of parent to child.

If you sit down and read with your kid, either having your child read to you or you reading to your child at a regular time each day, it deepens the relationship. You don't have to talk about stuff; the story will do that work for you.

I have a very close relationship with my daughter.

I understand that for an average working mother it is difficult to take out lots of time for their child. But make sure that when you are with them, you cuddle them and listen when they share their day to day activities.

Everything you worry about as a parent can be improved by sitting down regularly with your kids.

I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.

I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a child looks at the world, it's hugely different.

I try to listen to my children. I try to change with my children.

The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

Your children can be around you all day, but if you don't spend quality time with them and you don't pay attention to them and talk to them and listen to them, it doesn't matter that they're just around you.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

The relationship I have with my kids is beautiful.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.

I want you to see that I'm looking. Look at me look at you. I'm cool with that.

Bringing up a child in a loving relationship is the most important thing.

Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.

I think moms need to share information on a regular, intimate basis.

The way I become friends with somebody is a slow process. You can't just spill your guts and tell them everything about yourself and expect them to listen and understand you because you don't know them. It's the same thing with a relationship.