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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
I think motherhood is just about instinct.
Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.
Craving, not having, is the mother of a reckless giving of oneself.
As a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.
There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.
The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent.
I don't think anyone masters parenthood.
The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.
I think we've moved to thinking of parenting and pregnancy as something in which you should lose yourself.
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