The Kramers: The Ordinary is the Sophisticated

Norwood 2022-06-19 23:41:02

What law says a woman is a better parent simply because of her sex? I've had time to think about what makes a good parent. It has to do with constancy. It has to do with patience listening to him or pretending to listen when you can't anymore. It has to do with love. I don't know where it says a woman has a corner on that market that a man has any less of those emotions than a woman. Billy has a home with me. I have made it the best I could. It's not perfect, I'm not a perfect parent. Sometimes I don't have enough patience and I forgot that he's a little kid. But I'm there. We eat breakfast and he talks to me and then we go to school. At night we have dinner together and we talk and I read to him. And we built a life together and we love each other. If you destroy that It may be irreparable.

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Kramer vs. Kramer quotes

  • Ted Kramer: [gets out of bed] Where are you going?

    Phyllis Bernard: To the bathroom.

    Ted Kramer: That's a closet. The bathroom's over there.

    Phyllis Bernard: Oh, yeah. You're right.

  • Ted Kramer: You had a date. I knew it! I knew you were keeping something from me.

    Margaret Phelps: Well, you know, I told you I thought he was a pretty neat guy, right.

    Ted Kramer: Right.

    Margaret Phelps: So, we go to dinner.

    Ted Kramer: Yeah.

    Margaret Phelps: I find out he's married, he's deep in analysis, and, get this, he starts to tell me his life story. And all I can think of, while I'm sitting there, is that I'm paying a babysitter three dollars and a quarter an hour to listen to his problems!