When you don't have anybody to take care of you, then you could go both ways: You could do whatever you want, or you could take charge and be your own parent.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.
When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
You can't just take care of everybody else all the time.
Being a parent means my time use has to be a bit more focused, but it also gives me a new non-writing dimension to my life, which is a healthy thing. I can't wander along for weeks with an idea drifting through my head - I have someone who will drag me back into life, and that's a good thing.
You should know how to take care of yourself. That's one of the things that I got from my mother most - she always said that if you don't take care of yourself, no one will.
Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
I don't want to raise a child by myself. I could do it. But I definitely don't want to. I want to be a mother who has the original father there.
I was not prepared to live as a single parent.
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.