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You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#parent #their #you

But then my mother, who's a very selfless, stoic person from a family of Marines, would tell us that what was good for our father was good for us - he would make more money; therefore, we'd be able to get better educations. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#better #educations #family #father #get

I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#audience #because #believable #characters #draw

I know it's a lot harder for women who don't have enough help, but the truth is, no matter how much money you have, if you want to stay involved with your children and don't want to lose being a primary parent to them, you're still in the game. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#children #enough #game #harder #help

I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#clothes #dates #dentist #doctor #get

The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#been #being #constantly #everybody #family

They see me as being this Super Mom on TV who also can more than handle a difficult husband, and they assume I'm going to be just full of wisdom as a mother and wife myself. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#assume #being #difficult #full #going

Tim on the show does a lot of that posturing, of course, and feels sort of threatened by women. But even at that, you do see him cooking, and ultimately he's a good father because he spends a lot of time with the boys. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#cooking #course #does #even #father

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#apt #called #into #little #most

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#called #integrity #invention #may #mother