Glennon Doyle Melton Quotes

I'm terrified for what is in store for me as a parent!

It is always fragile, being a parent.

As a mom, you have all these situations you go through, and you're like, 'What is going on? Is this normal? Is this a phase? Or what is this?' and then you feel silly for asking questions because you think, 'I'm a mom - I'm supposed to know these things,' but you don't.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

My greatest fear is that I'll fail my kids.

The fear of failure is so great, it is no wonder that the desire to do right by one's children has led to a whole library of books offering advice on how to raise them.

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

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 being a dad is scary. I mean, I'm not that grown-up myself.

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

I don't have a fear of becoming a parent, but I do have a fear of taking care of a newborn because they are so tiny and vulnerable.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

Speaking as a father, there is no rulebook, and you don't know how to do it. You just do the best you can.

This bringing up of children is so blithely undertaken by many of us, and the vast majority have had no training. It is one of those professions that every woman thinks she can undertake, so nobody really prepares for it.

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

I haven't even imagined having a kid yet. It's actually kind of one of my biggest fears, but that's OK.

I think it's harder - much harder - to be a good parent than to write a book.

Any parent who says parenting came easily to them is not being honest with themselves. Parenting is hard.

I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.

We loved our dad. My mom loved her husband. But at the end of the day, I think, he did what he was supposed to do in this world. He had five kids and raised us right. That's the most important thing.

I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough.

I think it is since I became a parent that I am much more afraid.

We don't always know exactly what we're doing as parents. Children don't come with instruction manuals, as the saying goes. So it's important to me that I always question the choices I'm making as a father, to really stay alert and open to the balance between being too hard or too soft.