...people always said that parenting and worrying were synonymous...

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children ourweigh our fears

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

fear it is written somewhere in the terms of my parental contract: Fret frequently about well-being of offspring.

“How do you have a child without being terrified all the time?”
“Well, that’s the big secret to parenting, Ben,” Caitlin whispered. “You are terrified all the time. You get used to it. It becomes part of the background. Except for the times when it stabs you through the heart.”
He gazed at her a moment, then looked down at his menu.
“That was probably the worst sales pitch ever for having kids,” he said.

It is impossible to control all the variables when it comes to parenting. For women who have achieved previous success by planning ahead and pushing themselves hard, this chaos can be difficult to accept.

There's no bitch on earth like a mother frightened for her kids.

one of the worst things about being a parent, for me, is the self-discovery, the being face to face with one's secret insanity and brokenness and rage.

I think that part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids...Because as soon as you have a kid, you know for sure that you're going to die. When you have a kid, you see your own gravestone.

However painful the process of leaving home, for parents and for children, the really frightening thing for both would be the prospect of the child never leaving home.

You know every parent would definitely be scared especially when you’re a girl child. Because they feel like you will just go astray. But you know when you disappoint them and let them know that there is more to what you think then, they don’t have a choice but to love what you do.

The biggest cost of the attempt to thrive, is the worry. You even worry about the worrying.

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, And that's what parents were created for.