“No mom has it all together. We're all dealing with loose ends when it comes to motherhood and our children. Some of us are just better at keeping up appearances, that's all.” ChildrenEndsTogetherMomOur ChildrenAppearanceMotherhoodLoose Ends Book:Confessions of an Imperfect Mom: God's Path to Less Guilt and More Grace Source: Confessions of an Imperfect Mom: God's Path to Less Guilt and More Grace
“The central paradox of motherhood is that while our children become the absolute center of our lives, they must also push us backout in the world.... But motherhood that can narrow our lives can also broaden them. It can make us focus intensely on the moment and invest heavily in the future.” WorldChildrenMomentsFocusOur LivesAbsolutesOur ChildrenMotherhoodParadox Author:Ellen Goodman
“People think motherhood involves a lot of domestic labor, and it doesn't. It involves being nice to your children as often as possible. That's part of my trick. I don't have that anxiety about meeting their needs.” PeopleThinkingNeedsChildrenNiceAnxietyLaborOur ChildrenMeetingsMotherhoodTricksYour ChildrenBeing Nice Author:Anne Enright
“As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.” KnowsChildrenResponsibilityCompassionPrinciplesKindnessDisciplineIntegrityOur ChildrenExcellenceMotherhood Author:Marianne Williamson
“For me and movies - and it is kind of similar to motherhood and raising your children - I always feel like there's more you can do, and I don't know if that's particularly a female quality. I don't know how dads feel, but there's definitely a never say die, no stone unturned, never give up a minute that you could be pushing it down the road and try to make it better.” GivingTryingKindChildrenQualityDadGiving UpFemaleOur ChildrenMotherhoodYour ChildrenNever Giving Up Author:Suzanne Todd
“On the Upper East Side, women are prisoners to the ideology of intensive motherhood, which is that you should be enriching your child's well-being on every measure you possibly can at every moment. So when your kid is sitting down playing with Legos, intensive motherhood dictates that you should be engaging with him or her somehow, praising, questioning, making it into a learning opportunity. It's not enough to just tell your child, "Do your homework." It's not enough to help with the homework. You go to the school and learn how they do math, so that you can tutor your child in math.” ChildrenEnoughMomentsHelpingKidsSchoolOpportunityPraiseOur ChildrenMathMotherhoodIdeologyYour ChildrenPrisonerQuestioningHomeworkTutor Author:Wednesday Martin
“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.” IfsWayHumansHeartChildrenEndsBodyPainJoyLeftFeltParentEmotionForeverPrideMomSorrowBeatsOur ChildrenParentingPainfulMotherhoodChestsExposedAutismHuman HeartHuman BodyFunny InspirationalInvolvingBeing A MotherBlurBeing A ParentInspirational ParentingParenthood FunnyInspirational ParentsI Love My ParentsSorrow LoveI Love Being A Mother Author:Debra Ginsberg
“Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.” WorldChildrenMotherFallOur ChildrenTrainMotherhoodYour ChildrenRighteousnessFalling ApartSave The World Book:An enemy hath done this Source: An enemy hath done this
“You hear people say it all the time, how life changes so drastically. But you can't possibly grasp how beautiful that is until you have your child.” PeopleChildrenBeautifulOur ChildrenMotherhoodYour ChildrenLife ChangingPregnancy Author:Pink
“Your children teach you so much. It's a real mirror of yourself.” ChildrenRealTeachMirrorsOur ChildrenMotherhoodYour Children Author:Kate Hudson
“As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children.” KnowsChildrenMotherGayOur ChildrenSexualityMotherhoodHomosexualityHomosexualGay RightsRecruit Author:Anita Bryant