Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work. Nancy Chodorow
Parenting is an impossible job at any age. Harrison Ford
We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles the love, not the disappointments the common sense, not the complexities. Fred G. Gosman
In truth, I am a single mother. But I don't feel alone at all in parenting my daughter. Krishna has a whole other side of her family who loves her, too. And so Krishna is parented by me, but also by her grandmother and aunts and cousins and uncles and friends. Padma Lakshmi
Relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose. Mayim Bialik
Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style. Mayim Bialik
I've become sort of an accidental advocate for attachment parenting, which is a style of parenting that... basically, the way mammals parent and the way people have parented for pretty much all of human history except the last 200 years or so. Mayim Bialik
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
I came to parenting the way most of us do - knowing nothing and trying to learn everything. Mayim Bialik
I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage. Mika Brzezinski
Abortion is defended today as a means of ensuring the equality and independence of women, and as a solution to the problems of single parenting, child abuse, and the feminization of poverty. Robert Casey
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life. Uma Thurman
I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago. Joan Lunden
For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer. Bob Barr
Parenting is not for sissies. You have to sacrifice and grow up. Jillian Michaels
If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press. Henry Reed
I grew up with no money. My kids will grow up with a lot of money and so it's really important to me, and it will always be a part of my parenting, to keep them conscientious and connected socially to other people. Ryan Phillippe
I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys. Joan Cusack
The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up. Andrew Bernstein
I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later. I also think people in their thirties generally make better parents but so many of my friends are having trouble - myself included - as fathers get older. Eric McCormack