Alex Kingston Quotes

We want to gently remind people that we don't have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don't take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.

Fight for time with your family. They grow so quickly, and they are gone.

Enjoy the little fun things - like taking your kids to school - before they're all grown up.

I regret not having had more time with my kids when they were growing up.

The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

We found that our kids enjoy those simple adventures we take as a family. I'm driving, my wife's the copilot and we give one kid a choice of what they want to go do. We eat a lot of bad food and sleep in some interesting hotels.

Instead of giving your children more things, give them more time.

Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

It's not enough to make time for your children. There are certain stages in their lives when you have to give them the time when they want it. You can't run your family like a company. It doesn't work.

When I'm not working, I'm having fun with my son. We do lots of kids' stuff.

Family time is the best gift for kids, and often it's the simplest things that make the best moments.

Time is so precious with kids that you have to spend as much time with them as you can.

You always gotta take advantage when you can spend time with your kids.

So frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time.

With children Love is spelled TIME.

From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading to your kids now will repay itself a million-fold later, not only because they love you for reading to them, but also because, years later, when they’re gone and miles away, those quiet evenings, when you were tucked in with them, everything quiet but the sound of the page-turns, will, seem to you, I promise...... sacred.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

I would love to sit at home all day and play with my kids. It's my favorite thing to do in my time off.

As time goes by the memories of sitting on the edge of a bed and reading aloud with your kid are going to be very meaningful in your own mental scrapbook.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.

Build traditions of family vacations and trips and outings. These memories will never be forgotten by your children.

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

Growing up with my family gave me some of my best memories. I'd like to have a family of my own - slip away for a bit and do nothing but spend those early years with my children.

I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.