Child Quotes by Anne Lamott

“So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such…

— Anne Lamott

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

— Anne Lamott

Being a parent is absolutely exhausting and draining, along with all the joy and love.

— Anne Lamott

Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since parents of kids the same age as yours won't admit…

— Anne Lamott

One thing I know for sure about raising children is that every single day a kid needs discipline… But also every single…

— Anne Lamott

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.

— Anne Lamott

I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women.

— Anne Lamott

It's almost like learning to meditate to learn to hear what your kid is actually saying.

— Anne Lamott

If you asked me, parents were supposed to affect the life of their child in such a way that the child grows…

— Anne Lamott

“Talking to the parents of older kids was helpful for me, since the parents of kids the same age as yours won't…

— Anne Lamott

So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such…

— Anne Lamott

You've got to learn to let go and let your children fall, and fail. If you try to protect them from hurt,…

— Anne Lamott

“And what do you do in the face of this powerlessness? As a parent?" "You get to be obsessed and angry," Tom…

— Anne Lamott

What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out…

— Anne Lamott

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid.

— Anne Lamott

I don't have any romantic views of parenting. Every step of the way it's really hard. It's a dangerous world, physically and…

— Anne Lamott