Family Choices Quotes

What kind of man can name a child Moon Unit?

I've never been one to let others decide what's right for me or my children.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

When one is a child, one has little say in the matter: one's parents decide. Mine chose Cotchford, and they chose the various schools I was sent to as I grew up.

I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.

I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids.

To have or not to have kids, when to have them, and whether we working women can 'have it all' has been debated, discussed, and examined since the washing machine and the TV dinner began to free up many mothers to even consider leaving the home as a viable option.

You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.

When it comes to having children or not having children, I don't think we realise how many women have to deal with things quietly.

There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.

Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods.

People might be surprised because I settled for an arranged marriage, but that's what's chosen for us.

I always thought I'd adopt - I have a dog but no children.

I feel like I'm the kind of guy that would have kids before getting married. The first thing would be kids.

My dad made a conscious choice to keep my family in Canada. I think he wanted us to have a pretty normal life and one that wasn't necessarily affected by the industry or all that comes with growing up in Hollywood.

I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

When I was in therapy about two years ago, one day I noticed that I hadn't had any children. And I like children at a distance. I wondered if I'd like them up close. I wondered why I didn't have any. I wondered if it was a mistake, or if I'd done it on purpose, or what. And I noticed my therapist didn't have any children either. He had pictures of his cats on the wall. Framed.

Having it all means having the same work and family choices that men do. It doesn't mean having everything that you want. No one has that.

I'm still very much about being an actor. That's why I'm not married with kids.

It is interesting to break all the rules. I'm not married, I have a baby, and it feels infinitely more right.

I feel very jealous towards women who can say, "I'm going to stay home and be a mom." I wish that's what fulfilled me but I like to work and I have to have something for myself.

Working mums and stay-at-home mums get a tough time. You're damned if you do and damned if you son't. You just have to do what's right for you and not listen to what the mummy brigade say.

What would possess a family where's there's a husband and wife to want 12 kids or 18 kids? That's just what they feel is meaningful to them. Their family. Expanding a family.

I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.

I love kids, but there's always time for them later. You can always adopt; you can have a puppy. The songs are my children.