Dan Savage Quotes

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

It is obvious that the role of the father as the central authority in the family has been considerably challenged in Western societies. Parental responsibilities, and I knowingly use the term responsibility instead of the term authority still used in the French Civil code, are nowadays shared equally between both parents.

It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means.

I took being a mom very seriously.

It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.

Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Your child becomes the centre of your world.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.

I started off as many fathers do. I enjoyed the good bits, but I was wary of the responsibility. But now I love being a dad.

The number one thing I've been doing is being daddy.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

I think I'd be a good dad; it would be a pleasure.

I kept my babies fed. I could have dumped them, but I didn't. I decided that whatever trip I was on, they were going with me. You're looking at a real daddy.

I'm a parent. I'm a mother.

Bringing up children always has a bigger role for the mother.

To have a child is to be impaled daily on the spike of responsibility.

I think my favourite thing is understanding the responsibility of raising two human beings and putting them into the world.

It's [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.

Hopefully I'll be able to mature one of these days, get serious, and at least have them [kids] pretty fast.

Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

There is no undertaking more challenging, no responsibility more awesome, than that of being a mother.