The singular sign of a parent who is doing their job is their unwillingness to let their children watch the Star Wars prequels.

- Heather Armstrong

People think they have the right to judge everything that I do.

- Heather Armstrong

That's the miracle of babies, their ability to lay bare the tender, beating hearts of raging assholes.

- Heather Armstrong

There are certain sacred things in my life that I would never talk about. Because they are clear in my head, I can walk freely around the opposite si…

- Heather Armstrong

I have to live the content, then come back and write about it.

- Heather Armstrong

People often write me and ask how I keep my wood floors so clean when I live with a child and a dog, and my answer is that I use a technique called S…

- Heather Armstrong

Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing.

- Heather Armstrong

That’s sort of a cliché about parents. We all believe that our children are the most beautiful children in the world. But the thing is, what no one r…

- Heather Armstrong

I usually approach things with the idea that I will take something out of everything I do.

- Heather Armstrong