No mother ever wants a war, they want to see their children grow up in peace, surrounded by love.
I was thinking as small children think, as if my thoughts or wishes had the power to reverse the narrative, change the outcome.
Everything here is edible; even I'm edible. But that, dear children, is cannibalism, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies.
There is no greater good in all the world than motherhood. The influence of a mother in the lives of her children is beyond calculation.
There's nothing wrong with fame, but to seek out the spotlight just to be on TV for the sake of being on TV, and to put your children on there, I think, is especially disgusting.
People who face too many demands - two careers, two children - often scale back somehow. The Obamas scaled up.
Children are not simply commodities to be herded into line and trained for the jobs that white people who live in segregated neighborhoods have available.
In many of the high schools in the South Bronx, more children will end up in prison than will go to college.
Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories.
I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.
I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.
I don't have a lot of hobbies. I don't play golf. I don't have any children. Things that occupy people's time. I just try to take jobs.
I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.
Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.
Every time I went to the doctor when I was in my twenties, he repeated the same thing to me: don't wait too long to have children.
Something I learn every time I stand in front of a bunch of children, I learn never, never to underestimate them or patronise them.
I feel like in 10 or 15 years' time our children are going to look back and say, 'What? You were around when gay people weren't allowed to get married?'
I don't get a lot of time with my children. My time is precious, and time with my two kids is like gold dust to me. I can't get that time back.
People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.
Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.
