‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ is one of my favorite films, where you have a story that really juxtaposes a lot of ideas that we have about family and about parenting.
My parents saw their job of parenting as their most important role in life, and I aim to aspire to that.
I think there’s different parenting styles.
There have been a lot of times when work and parenting conflicted for me. Every day.
Everything that happens to me in a day enhances my parenting.
Parenting is one of the best management training programs there is.
Parenting takes a lot of creativity, and I embrace it fully.
In parenthood, there’s so much fear around parenting in this day and age, and there’s so much fear around technology.
There is a lot of parenting that’s completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now where we think if, God forbid, you couldn’t talk to someone, you would flip out – you know what I mean?
All children will do things that you may not want them to. That’s part of parenting.
I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.
Perfectionism is really a challenge for me, and it causes me to be super-critical of myself in so many ways: about body image constantly; about parenting; about being a mother.
Parenting definitely has some challenging moments.
The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don’t have to compromise one for the other.
With respect to parenting, biological age is not, for men, the concern it is for women.
Parenting is love, sure, but it’s as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.
I’ve got letters from all over the world saying what you’re describing as American parenting is Chilean middle-class parenting, or it is Finnish middle-class parenting, or it is Slovak middle-class parenting.
One of the many problems with parenting is that kids keep changing. Just when you’re used to one stage, they zoom into another.
I do think that there’s an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.
Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.
So much of my work is about children and/or parenting; it’s something I’m drawn to without being able to completely articulate why.
Parenting makes us better in so many regards.
When I first learned I was pregnant with my son, I had only two firm convictions about parenting: I knew it was important, and I knew that I wanted to get it right. I was 29 at the time.
I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I’m not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don’t think anyone needs that.
I do not wish to share any parenting responsibilities with Michael because he is doing so well without me.
