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I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it.

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

As a parent, I can get so frustrated. Any parent can!

Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly.

I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the kitchen, requests come at you from all sides. You're doing the job of two - you have to be highly organised.

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.

Single parent situations drive poverty and often lead to unsupervised kids. Many boys growing up without fathers often feel angry and abandoned. Thus, they seek comfort in all the wrong places.

If you've got kids who aren't being looked after by their parents, there's only so many times you can try and intervene to get that right.

With parents, that's the only way sometimes that they can get across to their kids is by giving them an ultimatum.

Parenting is not for everybody. It changes your life. Especially when they're little.