Parenthood – Quotes

The deepest joys and

The deepest joys and blessings in life are associated with family, parenthood, and sacrifice. Ezra Taft Benson

Children grow out of

Children grow out of childhood, but parents never grow out of parenthood. Evan Esar

Children who are brought up with one parent or another parent or shared parenthood, when there has been a divorce and hatred within families, it breeds a tremendous amount of instability in the life of a child. And many of these children end up in the homosexual movement. Even if they don’t, they take so … Read more

All of us have

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them. Erma Bombeck

When my kids become

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out. Erma Bombeck

Up until I became

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant. Eric Clapton

It’s all about the

It’s all about the fungibility and money. If Planned Parenthood accesses hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money and they use that for other purposes, then they can use other dollars to fund abortion. Eric Cantor

Seriously, I think what

Seriously, I think what all the puzzling over parenthood I had to do to write [a novel] ROOM taught me is that children can thrive in a remarkable range of situations. Emma Donoghue

The idea was to

The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just as kids simultaneously light up our lives and drive us nuts. I was trying to capture that strange, bipolar quality of parenthood. For all that being a parent is normal statistically, … Read more

Parents remain our touchstones,

Parents remain our touchstones, fellow travelers, even after death. They are both missing and present. Ellen Goodman