Deborah Copaken Kogan Quotes

Having a child is not like taking a spouse; there is no mutual agreement entered into. It is up the parent to make the commitment.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

If you bring a child into this world, whether it's planned or an accident, you'd better make sure you can care for it. You have to be around. You make time. It's as simple as that.

I could have had someone else take care of my child but I did it because that was my moral obligation and also it was a joy and I felt it was in the best interests of the child.

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I can easily tap into the feeling of being a mother and the feeling of, you always want what's best for your kids. And that's where most parents come from.

There's no vacation from being a parent.

I personally don't resent having my children.

I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.

I have to keep reminding myself that I am their mother. Sometimes we are sitting at home and I feel like we are waiting for our mom to come home.

Fatherhood didn't just happen to me. I am deliberately living it, re-imagining it, and rediscovering it every day. It is as beautiful as I make it, just like anything else in life.

No matter how much you love your spouse, you won't love them in the same way you do your baby. It's a different love, and everything changes. You have to figure out how to parent together.

The strength it takes to love, mold, and nurture a child should be honored every single day.

There is nothing that compares to the bonding between parent and child in that first year of life. Study after study shows how both parents being involved in the early weeks and months of a child's life is good for the child's development.

I am a believer that if you bring children into this world, then you have a responsibility to do your best and support and guide them until the day you die.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.