Child Relationship Quotes

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

I think open adoption is a great idea, because it allows a relationship between the birth mother and her child so that the kid isn't like, "Where did I come from?" And to have it be like, "Look, you have a bunch of people who love you."

Only by keeping oneself in constant process of growth, under the constant influence of the best things in one's own age, does one become a companion halfway good enough for one's children.

When you have kids, you just love them. It's similar to when you're in love with someone. You just think they are so cool and want to be around them all the time, but what if she starts being embarrassed and only giving me charity visits? I want her to actually want to see me, so that's what I'm going for!

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

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

So the news that divorced fathers are to be denied a legal right to a relationship with their children, in the long overdue review of family law published this week, fills me with horror and despair.

I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is not going to work.' It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.

Your daughter is your child for life.

Of course parents want their children to confide in them.

Motherhood, in the sense of an intense, reciprocal relationship with a particular child, or children, is one part of female process; it is not an identity for all time.

My family dynamic is quite eccentric. I have two fathers. I think it depends on the relationship between the child and the parents, but definitely, when it comes to being a stepparent or a coparent, it's a different relationship. There's just as much love, but the bonds can be different. It depends when you come into their life and how well you know them - this dynamic takes a lot of patience and love.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

Working parents bring a certain amount of guilt to their relationship with their children.

Sometimes there's a very special relationship between a mother and her son.

I just want to have a great relationship with my child and have a great family dynamic.