“We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.” KidsThreeFourWeekMonthsSummerPlenty Author:Patricia Heaton
“It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.” KindHardEnoughKidsHealthyDiseaseNormalRaisesAddParentingBurdenParenthoodDisability Author:Patricia Heaton
“We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her.” FactsHelpingKidsJobsHateFunEpisodesBabysitter Author:Patricia Heaton
“Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.” BookKidsFunEnjoyOur LivesHusbandTravelTheaterMy HusbandFunny Travel Author:Patricia Heaton
“Having and raising children is doing something with your life! ... And I have to say that having your kids is one of the greatest things you can do.” ChildrenKidsCan DoAbortionRaising Children Author:Patricia Heaton
“Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student” StillsHomeKidsStudentsCollegeMarriedMy FriendsBuyingGetting MarriedRetailCollege StudentsHaving KidsDentalBuying A HomeDental Hygienists Author:Patricia Heaton
“I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives” TryingHomeKidsSchoolStuffHoursMomOrganizeSchool Life Author:Patricia Heaton
“Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.” MenKindRunningKidsSoundSafetySexismHouseholdWorkplaceCompetentSexistJugglingSchedulingWorkplace Safety Author:Patricia Heaton
“This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.” NeedsFeelsKidsSchoolCertainStuffNiceHigherCostActivityGadgetsRaising Kids Author:Patricia Heaton
