Virginia Postrel

Society needs both parents and nonparents, both the work party and the home party. While raising children is the most important work most people will do, not everyone is cut out for parenthood. And, as many a childless teacher has proved, raising kids is not the only important contribution a person can make to their future.

American Writer

Karyn Kusama

I think we forget that part of parenthood means having to face and reject or face and embrace a kind of animal capacity for unkindness. And if, when, parents do embrace that, it reveals something very ugly to oneself.

American Director

Tamron Hall

I've not given up having a child. But I hope whatever route of parenthood I choose, whether it's adoption or I'm able to conceive, I just hope that I'm able to give someone as beautiful a life as my parents gave me.

American Journalist

Satish Kaushik

We were unfortunate in having lost our only child. Our world had come crashing down. But thanks to the world of medical miracles, we've become parents again at an age when parenthood is considered impossible.

Indian Director

Kim Brooks

Having a kid who begged for 'just a few more minutes' of television was the antithesis of what I had hoped parenthood would be. It was resigning ourselves to a universe of want and consumption.

Sarah Zettel

Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.

American Author

Rob Reiner

I know how sobering and exhausting parenthood is. But the reality is that our children's future depends on us as parents. Because we know that the first years truly last forever.

Julia Hartz

I encourage women who are starting families to think about the five-year horizon. The first few years of parenthood are really hard, but if you stick it out, it gets easier.

American Businesswoman

Sheri L. Dew

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

Vera Farmiga

It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.

American Actress

The word conveys deep emotional responsibilities and bonds formed as a parent.

Emotional Weight

'Parenthood' can refer to both mothers and fathers; it's not gender-specific.

Broad Meaning

Used not only for biological parents but also for adoptive, step, or guardian roles.

Beyond Biology

'Parenthood' involves actively raising and shaping a child's growth and behavior.

Active Involvement

Includes aspects of physical, emotional, and mental support for a child's development.

Comprehensive Care

Parenthood extends beyond the child's early years into their adulthood.

Lifelong Commitment

When used in a domain-specific context, it often refers to resources and support services.

Organizational Context

'Parenthood' in this context may offer educational resources or financial aid to parents.

Assistance Programs

 because he'd been held back, been through the foster care system, seen his mom get killed. And he wanted to hold the baby. And the mom was nervous because he looked big and scary. But she let this kid, Darren, hold the baby. He held it, and he was great with it. He gave the baby back and started asking questions about parenthood.

The lies our culture...

 transition to parenthood. And so she asked two friends to invent a gathering based on that. And so on a sunny afternoon, six women gathered. And first, to address her fear of labor -- she was terrified -- they told her stories from her life to remind her of the characteristics she already carries --

3 steps to turn everyday...

 Caretaking is mightily loving. It's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac. I have yet to see somebody who is so turned on by somebody who needs them. Wanting them is one thing. Needing them is a shot down and women have known that forever, because anything that will bring up parenthood

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This Is How Old You Are...

 have the rest of your life to finish you have to realize that nothing is as straightforward as unchanged with fear as perhaps I'd once thought not love not Parenthood no act as daring as claiming another as your own despite all the

What forgiveness can...

 We have to think about how we feel about cures altogether. And a lot of the time the question of parenthood What do we validate in our children, and what do we cure in them? Jim Sinclair, a prominent autism activist, said,

Love, no matter what PIPE...

 that's necessary for parents to coexist. And that you were trusting me with our most precious gift. And that you were building the foundation and the blocks for what's important for this portal we call parenthood.

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 what would have gone differently? Well, maybe Deb would have realized a little better how much her family and her friends were important to her precisely in what she was taking on, which is full-time parenthood.

How understanding...

 and realize, you know, I wish I'd made a different decision back then, the truth is, I'd only removed a single path to parenthood. I never needed biology to form family anyway."

I don't want children --...

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