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Drew Barrymore tackles parenting in her own way.
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10 Of Drew Barrymore’s Best Quotes On Motherhood

The actress’ love for her daughters knows no bounds, “no matter how nuts they drive me.”

by Jen McGuire

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As mom to two daughters with ex-husband Will Kopelman, 9-year-old Olive and 8-year-old Frankie, Drew Barrymore is all about using self-exploration, honesty, and a sense of humor as her trademark parenting tools.

It’s a ride, I’m tired, but it’s the best ride I’ve ever been on in my life.

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Our children are our universe, and we look forward to living the rest of our lives with them as the first priority.

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I always love and try to live on the high road. I think you feel best when you behave or react or come from the ‘high road’ place. My kids have elevated that in a way for me that is indescribable.

You can talk until you’re blue in the face, but kids watch what you do every single day of your life, all day long.

I have two young girls and, like, I don't want to bring people home… I think it would take me a very long time to meet someone and get to know them before I could even ever introduce them to my daughters.

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It’s the most important thing I have ever done or will ever have the privilege of doing with my life. My Olive and my Frankie. I love you bigger than the universe.

This love is so beyond any love you’ve ever known that it just kicks in and all of the sudden you start scrambling for all the answers and to get in touch with your gut instinct.

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I am unbreakably in love with them and will be every single day for the rest of my life no matter how nuts they drive me.

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I’m now determined more than ever to show my daughters that aging is a luxury. If we’re lucky, we are all going to age. I just want them to be at peace with who they are and not what they look like.

Everything in my life has been a butterfly net of information, how to hold it, harness it and then use it to be my best parent.