• "Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker." - Christy Turlington Tweet
• "My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning." - Gena Lee Nolin Tweet
• "The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up." - Andrew Bernstein Tweet
• "I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood." - Susie Bright Tweet
• "My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it." - Quentin Crisp Tweet
• "No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly." - Miguel de Cervantes Tweet
• "A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it." - Frank A. Clark Tweet
• "While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting." - Jane Fonda Tweet
• "Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being." - Evan Bayh Tweet
• "I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community." - Audre Lorde Tweet