“I want to raise my own baby. I don't want my baby crying for some other strange lady, some nanny. I am not down with that.” WantMy OwnCryStrangeBabyRaisesMy BabyNannies Author:Tionne Watkins
“Heaven is the perfect place to raise children. Everything will be just the way it was intended to be in the beginning, a perfect environment without pain and danger, accidents and death and the horrors of this world. Babies won't have to cry. - They'll have everything they need. We'll be able to read their little minds, and we won't have to wonder what they're needing. Just think of all the advantages of rearing children in Heaven. It will be pure pleasure!” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesAblePainHeavenPerfectPleasureWonderEnvironmentCryDangerThis WorldBabyHorrorPureAdvantageRaisesAccidentsHeavenlyWithout PainLittle MindsRearing A Child Author:David Berg
“[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or twitter and confusing that with action - while the real corporate and military and government centers of power go right on. In a way, the highest purpose of the Internet is to bring us together for empathy and action. After all, the reflector cells and empathy-producing chemicals in our brains only work when we're physically together with all five senses. You can't raise a baby online.” WayRealGovernmentActionTogetherPurposeBrainFiveMilitaryDangerBabyInternetHighestEmpathyRaisesActivismSensesCellsCorporateOnlineChemicalsEmailConfusingFive Senses Author:Gloria Steinem
“A man loves a woman so much, he asks her to marry - to change her name, quit her job, have and raise his babies, be home when he gets there, move where his job is. You can hardly imagine what he might ask if he didn't love her.” IfsMenHomeMightJobsMovingAsksNamesImagineBabyRaisesQuitting Author:Gabrielle Burton
“I get asked to do benefits a lot and I've decided I've got to be a bit more discerning, I can't just do all of them. . . . I got asked to do a benefit for babies born addicted to crack. And I said well, all right, I'll help you raise money for them, but I think we both know what they're gonna spend it on.” ThinkingKnowsWellsSaidI CanHelpingBitsBornBabyBenefitsDecidedRaisesCracksDiscerningBaby Born Author:Laura Kightlinger
“I feel that the connection with children and mothers is so strong in places where there are not so many 'things' to get in the way, no electronic distraction devices, no high-tech baby equipment, just a mother carrying her little one everywhere, sharing a family bed and having the help of all the other women around to raise the baby.” WayFeelsChildrenLittlesHelpingMotherStrongBabyBedConnectionsRaisesDevicesDistractionEquipment Author:Milla Jovovich
“I do a fair bit for children's charities. The big ones I support in Liverpool are Zoe's Place Baby Hospice, and Claire House Children's Hospice. I donate money and time but the time is what they value the most. If my inclusion at any event they're doing, helps them to raise more money, then of course I'll be there.” IfsChildrenHelpingBigsValuesCoursesHouseBitsSupportEventsBabyFairsRaisesCharityInclusionMore MoneyLiverpoolClaireDonateHospice Author:Robbie Fowler
“I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years.” YearsHelpingMotherPrayerBoysHavensHugeBabyPrayingNeededDoctorsRaisesBlessedHelp MeFifteenFifteen YearsBeing BlessedGood MotherBaby BoyFifteen Years Old Author:Cathy Hughes
“The first time I tried to put a new diaper on my baby, I yanked the little Velcro strap too jerkily and actually punched the little guy in the jaw. A real solid shot, too. I knew instinctively that this could not be correct. Unless you're specifically trying to raise a welterweight, continual deliverance of powerful uppercuts is not advised when handling newborns.” TryingFirstsLittlesRealGuyPowerfulBabyShotsFirst TimeRaisesDeliveranceMy BabyDiapersVelcro Author:Paul Reiser
“I guess the biggest issue my husband and I are going to have is how do we raise the baby... because he's Jewish and I'm Protestant and the baby's father is Catholic.” FatherIssuesBabyHusbandCatholicRaisesMy HusbandProtestants Author:Bonnie McFarlane
“You don't take your newborn baby, put that baby on your lap, and say, "Now listen, kid, you were born in sin, you're not worth anything, and you've got to pray for mercy." That's not going to raise a healthy adult. And that's what we do Sunday after Sunday after Sunday.” KidsBornSinBabyPrayingHealthyAdultsMercyRaisesSundayLapNewbornNewborn BabyPray For Me Author:John Shelby Spong
“I did not want to raise a genetically compromised child. I did not want my children to have to contend with the massive diversion of parental attention, and the consequences of being compelled to care for their brother after I died. I wanted a genetically perfect baby, and because that was something I could control, I chose to end his life.” WantChildrenEndsCareWantedPerfectAttentionBrotherBabyConsequenceDiedRaisesMy ChildrenMassiveCompelledParentalDiversion Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I knew it!" He pumps a fist into the air. "You've fallen in love with me. You want to have my babies. We'll get a team of horses and a covered wagon and we'll journey to South America and raise goats.” WantAmericaAirJourneyTeamBabyHorseRaisesSouthFallenCoveredFistsGoatsPumpsMy BabyWagonsSouth America Author:Laurie Halse Anderson