“My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn’t achieve the things she wanted to.” ChildrenWantedYoungMotherAchieveTensionHaving Children Author:Natalie Merchant
“If I had my child to raise all over again,I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less.I'd do less correcting, and more connecting.I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.I would care to know less, and know to care more.I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.I'd run through more fields, and gaze at more stars.I'd do more hugging, and less tugging.I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.I'd build self esteem first, and the house later.I'd teach less about the love of power, and more about the power of love.” IfsKnowsFirstsChildrenSelfPlayWould BeEyeCareRunningHouseStarsParentWatchesTeachSelf EsteemFieldsSeriousRaisesParentingFingersPaintEsteemFirmMy ChildrenHugConnectingRaising ChildrenPower Of LoveBeing A ParentCorrectingHaving ChildrenKitesChildren And ParentsParents LoveChildren PlayingGood ParentRaising KidsFunny ParentingParent ChildFunny ParentTuggingGreat ParentingInspirational ParentingKids PlayingRaise Self EsteemLove My ParentsLoving ChildrenInspirational ParentsEyes WatchingI Love My ParentsLove My KidsWise ParentsBuilding Self EsteemBeing A Good ParentLove My ChildrenThrough The Eyes Of A ChildLove My SonHaving A Son Author:Diana Loomans
“Having children and raising them will bring new purpose and new life to Heaven. It will not be the end of everything, but the beginning!” ChildrenEndsPurposeHeavenHeavenlyNew LifeHaving Children Author:David Berg
“Having children is a huge responsibility, and I just don't want to hand them off to a nanny or my mom to take care of them.” WantChildrenHandsCareResponsibilityHugeMomMy MomTake CareHaving ChildrenNannies Author:Thalia
“More than any other personality trait, my mother seemed to be ruled by anger and sadness. She seemed to hate being a mother. Watching her unhappiness as I grew up made me conclude that the answer was to try and be as unemotional as I could, which many therapists have taught me is a bad idea. It also made me want to avoid marriage and having children.” WantTryingChildrenMadeIdeasMotherHateAnswersSadnessTaughtGrewPersonalityGrew UpUnhappinessTraitsTherapistsBeing A MotherBad IdeasHaving ChildrenPersonality TraitsUnemotional Author:Merrill Markoe
“Once a person has a child, the first question everyone asks is: "Are you going to have more children?" But it basically means: "Are you going to have more sex with your wife in the hopes of having children?” FirstsMeanChildrenPersonsAsksSexWifeHaving Children Author:Will Ferrell
“The women's movement and gay and lesbian movements always come together, and our adversaries are always the same because the male supremacist, patriarchal, ultra-right-wing, religious fundamentalists, whatever you want to call it is devoted to saying that sex is only moral and okay when it is directed towards having children and occurs in patriarchal marriage, so the children are owned.” WantChildrenTogetherSexReligiousMoralMovementGayOkayWingsMalesDevotedAdversariesRight WingHaving ChildrenUltras Author:Gloria Steinem
“And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?” IfsChildrenPrivilegeHaving Children Author:Bob Geldof
“So if you can manage it, you shouldn't touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.” IfsChildrenSakePartnersManageHaving Children Book:Sermons 273-305 Source: Sermons 273-305
“STRANGELOVE REPRODUCTION: Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer believes in the future.” BelieveChildrenFactsReproductionHaving Children Author:Douglas Coupland
“We want better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Nor should we represent motherhood as something so common and easy that everyone can go through it without harm or suffering and rear her children competently and well.” WantShouldWellsChildrenReasonSufferingEasyCommonKnowingHarmMotherhoodNot KnowingHaving Children Author:Dora Russell