It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. Patricia Heaton addburdendisability Change image and share on social
I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real. Reese Witherspoon awardblesschild Change image and share on social
I have three daughters, so I can't be as tough as I want to be. When you have kids - especially daughters - they know how to work you. They're a lot smarter than we are, that's for sure. But I'll be more tough on their boyfriends. Tim McGraw boyfrienddaughterkid share on social
Being a mother of two myself - and two small girls - I think that single parenting is hard. Sarah Clarke girlhardmother Change image and share on social
Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do. Charles J. Shields behavechildedith Change image and share on social
Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies. Clive Owen coolfamilyparenthood Change image and share on social
I told my kids when they were little, 'Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don't understand how, or we wouldn't do it. But we're parents. So somehow we're damaging you, and I want you to know that early. So just ignore me when I go to that part of my parenting.' Pat Conroy damageearlyignore share on social
I have a neuroscience background - that's what my doctorate is in - and I was trained to study hormones of attachment, so I definitely feel my parenting is informed by that. Mayim Bialik attachmentbackgrounddoctorate Change image and share on social
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also a parent's worst nightmare: That they won't need you. It's like the real tragedy of parenting. Jonathan Safran Foer analogybadgreat share on social
I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up. Tina Turner growkidregret Change image and share on social
