American family Quote by Kenneth Keniston

Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.

— Jonathan Sacks

It's a terrible cruelty of predatory capitalism: both parents now have to work. A family has to have two incomes in order to buy…

— James Hillman

In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in terms of…

— Helen Fielding

Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing…

— Ellen Galinsky

“. . . the most potent reward for parenthood I have known has been delight in my fully grown progeny. They are friends with…

— Carolyn Heilbrun

Parenthood means becoming comfortable with the fact that there are things outside your control, things that end and fail, just as most utopias end…

— Lauren Groff

The U.S. is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her…

— David Blankenhorn

Today's fathers and mothers--with only the American dream for guidance--extend and overextend themselves, physically, emotionally,and financially, during the best years of their lives to…

— Stella Chess

Mothers have not always had the most important role in their children's upbringing, when they had other economic roles to play. Inpast centuries, fathers…

— Sandra Scarr

“Any woman who has devoted herself to raising children has experienced the hollow praise that only thinly conceals smug dismissal. In a culture that…

— Ann Crittenden

The beauty of 'Parenthood' is that it's a blue-collar working family, and it reflects attitudinal shifts that occur within people and families.

— Craig T. Nelson

“More than almost anything else, the experience of parenthood exposes the gulf between our experiencing and remembering selves. Our experiencing selves tell researchers that…

— Jennifer Senior