Child's Welfare Quotes

I am just trying to be a good, protective mother. I want to give Bertie as normal a childhood as possible while preserving his privacy.

I can't get to the point where my brain is mush and I can barely talk, because my son's life depends on my health.

Any parent wants the best for their children. I am not going to make a choice for my child on the basis of what is the politically correct thing to do.

At the end of the day, I'm Violet's mom, and I want the best for her.

As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful.

I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

I personally would go further and say that, if your morality is based, as mine is, on a desire to increase the sum of happiness and reduce suffering, the decision to deliberately give birth to a Down baby, when you have the choice to abort it early in the pregnancy, might actually be immoral from the point of view of the child’s own welfare.

Every parent wants to do what's best for their child. Whatever I can afford, I'm going to get my kid the best education I can get.

I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.

I had to learn to respect the relationship my son had with his father outside of the three of us.

I could not identify with harming my child or giving up my child. But I could identify with giving up my child if it were going to be ultimately in his best interest.

You'll do anything for your child and that's what I'm doing.

Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.