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Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well.

What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.

Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.

The great thing about having a bunch of kids is they just remind you that you're the person who takes them to go poop!

The thing with children is they're a bit like baking a fruitcake: you throw all the ingredients in but you never know how they're going to turn out.

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.