The beauty of “spacing” children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones — which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. – Sydney J. Harris

Parenthood is the passing of a baton, followed by a lifelong disagreement as to who dropped it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Simply having children does not make mothers. – John A. Shedd

A child enters your home and for the next twenty years makes so much noise you can hardly stand it. The child departs, leaving the house so silent you think you are going mad. – John Andrew Holmes