Parental Fatigue Quotes

As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy.

People get burned out in big families, you can even see it in the naming of children. Like the first kid, "You were named after Grandma." The seventh kid, "You were named after a sandwich I had. Now get your brother, Reuben."

I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

Parents don't reveal how often they have bitten their tongue, fought back the tears, or been too tired to take off their clothes after a day of childcare. The parent loves, but they do not expect the favour to be returned in any significant way.

I don't know how it is with other people's relationships, but my wife is always much more tired than me because she works much harder looking after the children, which is an endless battle - a lot of it is battling with them to stop battling with each other.

Being a parent is absolutely exhausting and draining, along with all the joy and love.

I once blurted out that I found it impossible to bond with my son Winston because I was too tired. I mean how bloody awful does that sound? What a tosser!

I had babies later in life, and it's harder for me. You don't realize how often you're picking them up, and then your back goes out. You need the energy.

I think by the time I was born, my parents had pretty well run the gauntlet with their kids. The novelty had kind of worn off by the time the twelfth child was born. I was lucky to get fed and changed, picked up and taken to school.

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent.

As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

I've got three beautiful kids that wear me out after I get home from practice. I think that's a good thing so I'm able to get my rest.

The job takes a terrible toll on a family.

A typical complaint of married women with children is that their job stress tired them out so that they have little quality emotion and energy left for their children, much less their husbands.

Our contemporary society is experimenting with the diminishment of caregivers for children. Some children are raised through crucial stages of life by only one person. This one person, who strives to give the best, may be overwhelmed, busy, trying to raise many children. And even in homes with two parents, many children are essentially alone.