Jodi Picoult Quotes About Parenting

Quotes about: Parenting

• Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Children, School

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.136, Simon and Schuster

• I think once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer.

  Jodi Picoult

  Mother, Parenting, Funny Parent

  "My Sister's Keeper". Book by Jodi Picoult, April 6, 2004.

• I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new car to lose that scent, or a brand-new house to gather dust. Maybe that was the process more commonly described as bonding: the act of learning your child as well as you know yourself.

  Jodi Picoult

  Baby, Children, Parenting

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “Handle with Care: A Novel”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

• I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster than we outgrow them. Brian Fitzgerald, talking about his children.

  Jodi Picoult

  Children, Parenting, Talking

• Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

  Jodi Picoult

  Moving, Kids, Parenting

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

• We're [parents]) always bluffing, pretending we know best, when most of the time we're just praying we won't screw up too badly.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Funny, Parenting

  Jodi Picoult (2010). “House Rules: A Novel”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

• I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.

  Jodi Picoult

  Parenting, Should Have, Names

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

• If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it.

  Jodi Picoult

  Parenting, Want, Incredibles

  Jodi Picoult (2002). “Songs of the Humpback Whale: A Novel in Five Voices”, p.331, Simon and Schuster

• We are all, I suppose, beholden to our parents - the question is, how much?

  Jodi Picoult

  Parenting, Parent

  Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper - Movie Tie-In: A Novel”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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