We're naturally programmed to endure a muddle of emotions as we leave childhood behind. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I don't want my daughter to think she has to dress like Beyonce! — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Once you've raised a child to adulthood, you can only be as demanding as your offspring allow. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the only time the children are allowed to turn on the television. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Men want children later, but women can't rely on being able to. So I'm all for scientific advances and the help they… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Kids are like glue: they can bond together, unlikely companions, even when there is little else left to maintain the connection. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I hate the thought of my children being glued to a screen. Children only play on computers all day because their parents… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I can't sleep in an isolated place without pills, earplugs, and both my children in bed with me for fear of scary,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
One of my few childhood memories is as an eight-year-old, refused permission to watch the Hitchcock season on Irish television, sneakily viewing… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
In my late teens and early twenties, I thought having children was possibly the most irresponsible thing you could do because I… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I love my children, but I don't really want to talk about them. I'm not that much of a freakish middle-aged mother,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short story. Their… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
While we women dilly-dally, making decisions, leaving jobs half done, forgetting where we've put the house keys while we water the Hoover and leave… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Writers want to talk. They can't wait to tell you what they've been thinking. And because they've been in solitude, they've had some fairly… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
The point of the feminist movement wasn't simply to set our underwear on fire and muscle into small spaces in the male-dominated workplace, but… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality,… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I used to go out with someone who was a really great diver, and we used to go to all the great dive spots… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
There are more than enough people with serious mental issues who really do need professional help without all the other Toms, Dicks and Harriets… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
As for tweeting and texting: impassioned discussions, particularly when they're intimate, don't work in abbreviated script messages. No relationship should begin or end in… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Finding extracurricular activities with your husband that are unrelated to children, family and work is a priority. — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
