I have three kids, and I'm a coach for a lot of their sports, so I'm around them a lot, but I see friends of mine with older kids and they don't really interact so much, other than giving them a place to live.
We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.
Having kids had a big effect on me, but nothing more than when they started to get older- that really made me realize how fleeting each moment is.
I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.
Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.
I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.
At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.
My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.
I've played a lot of fathers in my life, and it seems that my kids are getting older and older in films, and I'm always surprised at how good they are.
