Parenthood is a psychic sweat lodge: enter into it only if you are ready to have your own secreted toxins running into your eyes. Few people are prepared for its power - women or men.
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Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.
I don't think anyone masters parenthood.
I think parenthood is a wonderful balancing act. On the one hand, you want to spend as much time with your children as possible. On the other hand, you want to set an example for them to see that you're fulfilled in your life and in your work.
Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.
The beauty of 'Parenthood' is that it's a blue-collar working family, and it reflects attitudinal shifts that occur within people and families.
Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.
I love motherhood. I certainly wasn't aware of any mothering instincts until I had babies. I wasn't a person who desperately wanted to have kids, but you don't get it until you do it, and, suddenly, this nurturing instinct exists.
I don't consciously think of how parenthood has changed me but I'm sure it must have.
The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
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