Judy Blume Quotes

I have four boys and one girl. My daughter is my only little girl and I just love her to death. I can't even fix my mouth to tell her 'no' for anything.

To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.

All I know is that once you have children, you put them before anything you're feeling or going through. Today, my daughter walked into the room and I said, 'I love you, baby,' and she said, 'Well, I don't like you,' and I said to my wife, 'The meaner she is to me, the more I love her.'

I'm completely in love with my children, and I participate in their lives on every level.

I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because kids are first and foremost all about themselves. They'll say they love you, but 10 seconds later they'll turn on you.

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.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.

When you have little girls, you're the coolest person in the world. I know at some point that's going to end; in their adolescence I'll become the opposite of that, especially if I'm parked outside a high school party.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

I love children and I love family and I love that interaction. Because I had a really close relationship with my mother, I understand that deep powerful love, and it's so beautiful. To be a mother to a child is the most brilliant gift; it's gorgeous.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that Mom and Dad aren't cool, just to establish themselves. That's what adolescence is about. They're gonna go through that no matter what.

My daughter, Anna, is almost 15, and my son, Ben, is almost 10.

There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do.

It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother.

If you bungle raising your children, nothing else matters in life.

I can see why people keep having babies. We were looking at a school for my youngest this morning, and there were all these little boys and girls. So sweet. And then the teenagers walk past, and, my God, they're enormous, and I bet they don't kiss their mummies. I'm just going to force my children to remain lovely.

When you're a parent, you're automatically the most uncool person that exists.