Being a parent Quote by Emma Donoghue

The idea was to focus on the primal drama of parenthood: the way from moment to moment you swing from comforter to tormentor, just…

— Emma Donoghue

Being a parent can be overwhelming at times, but it's something we're figuring out as we go.

— Lacey Chabert

Unfortunately, when you're a parent and you completely love your child, it can make you act a bit crazy.

— Ncuti Gatwa

A very painful part of being a parent is having really negative feelings about your children when you love them so much.

— Louis C. K

It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

— Anna Freud

As a parent, you experience the most of everything. The most love, the most fear, the most hurt and the most tired, the most…

— Sarah Shahi

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

— Nick Cave

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

— Lena Headey

I'm sure that there's frustration that comes with wanting to just have a normal mom. But, I don't really know if they see it…

— Brie Larson

Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands.…

— Michelle Pfeiffer

Having a daughter and a grandson, I certainly could relate to the fact that this child, who you simply dote on, being taken away…

— Judi Dench

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

— Brene Brown