Parental Judgment Quotes

Parents shouldn't leave their kids unless —unless they've got to.

It's not your responsibility to comment on parenting for others. I would hate if someone did that to me.

The moment you have kids, you are prey to judgment, but you also become a judge. You find yourself going, "Can you believe what she did with such-and-such?" at school.

The big difference is, as a man, I can go to a bar at two in the morning and people will be like "He's just a fun guy! That's cool that he can balance all these things." But if you see a person that you know who has two young kids and is a mom, there's no way those perceptions are the same. It's like "Oh, there must be a problem." That's usually what women face.

I think you can tell a great deal from a name. For me, there are certain names that I hear, and I think, 'Urgh.' For me, a name is a shortcut of finding out what class that child comes from and makes me ask, 'Do I want my children to play with them?'

When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

Oh, I've wept. Yeah, I've definitely wept just with the world, you know, how judgmental they are. You know what, I know I'm a good mom.

What's perfect for one mom might be the worst idea for another.

I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?

I think it's up to the parents to determine whether what they're doing is consigning their child to difficulty. It's not as though they were crippling their children after they were born.

Motherhood has been an exercise in guilt.

Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.

Stay-at-home mothers, working mothers, people are very tough on each other. I don't see that in the world of men. I don't see working men who have children, and those who don't, judging each other. I think there's a different category of expectation.

No matter how successful I got, my mother still thinks I'm a bad person, basically.

I get looks like I can't raise my child, but I can.

Our standards for motherhood are so high that many of us harbor intense, secret guilt for every harsh word we speak to our children, every negative thought that enters our minds.

'Bad mother' is probably the worst thing you can say to any woman who has children.

One of the really difficult things that people say to me on social media or whatever - is that I need to shut up and go home and take care of my daughter. That's very hurtful.

Often parents know what's best for their kids without having to learn from others.

Breastfeeding should not be taboo - and bottle feeding should not be judged - it's ALL fun for the whole family.

Do not judge other moms on how they raise their children.

It's interesting that I had such a close relationship with my grandfather. Because your parents always judge you: they say, 'You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that.' But with your grandparents you have a feeling that you can say anything or you can do anything, and they will support you. That's why you have this kind of connection.

I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.'

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

Actually, I have discovered that while I am totally in love with my child (who is naturally perfect), I still don't like other people's children!