Early Parenthood Quotes

I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents.

My wife and I both grew up with parents who were very young. Her mom was, I think, 17 or 18 when she was born; my mom was 15 when I was born. So, as we got older, we started thinking a lot about that - about the time that those people missed because we came along when we did and because they devoted so much of their lives to taking care of us.

For millions of girls around the world, motherhood comes too early. Those who bear children as adolescents suffer higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, and their children are more likely to die in infancy.

I'm glad I had kids young because we have a strong bond and listen to the same music.

My biological mother had me at 16, and it was just too young.

I'm the oldest of six children and I had my own first baby when I was 23. So I've always been interested in babies, and I had lots of opportunities to watch them.

I probably would have gone the M.F.A. route except I was a dad at 19, and it made more sense to go to work for a newspaper and support a kid that way. But the funny thing is, that detour became the most important step in my developing as a novelist.

I do think it was fantastic to have a kid young. My friends now are all panicking if they haven't found somebody to have kids with. It was never like that for me because I already had the kid!

When I was a kid, a lot of my parents' friends were in the music business. In the late '60s and early '70s - all the way through the '70s, actually - a lot of the bands that were around had kids at a very young age. So they were all working on that concept way early on. And I figured if they can do it, I could do it, too.

My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.

The joys of motherhood are not excessively apparent during the first few weeks of a baby's life.

Me mam had me when she was 19.

I had my daughter when I was pretty young, 28, and I had to sacrifice not going out with my friends, and I had to figure out how to juggle both raising her and also a very demanding job.

My mom had me at a young age, like 20, and she was the oldest child. All her brothers were seven and 10, so I was like a younger brother more so than the oldest child. I was the younger brother to all my uncles, so they were going through their childhood and their teenage years, and I was right there.

Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.

I had my baby around 20 and I was always working on music, but I was always working on music, but I was doing other stuff as well.

It's been my dream to have four babies by 30. I look after animals, so I'd have a lot to give my kids.

the first night is the worst possible time to make a hard and fast criticism: the baby never looks its best on the day it is born.

The thing about having a very young mother who had you at 20 is that you expect that you're going to be old ladies together.

I've been broody since the age of 12.

I did say that I wanted to be a young mom, just because my mom was a young mom. It is better because I can be closer to my kids and stuff.

I got married at 20, and I was not a real mature 20. My first child was born when I was 21.

I did everything young. I was always in a hurry to do everything. I had kids young and I worked young and I didn't have time to go back to school because I wasn't willing to give up anything that I had.

Brielle is my first born; I had her so young that we basically grew up together!