I have a two-year-old who just turned three, and my four-year-old just turned five. I have the same irrational feelings taking them to pre-school. It's this charged combination of stress and joy and anxiety and excitement. When they're away, you've got a sudden loss of purpose and this ever-present fear about the kid's welfare. The departure of our children from our nest is not an easy thing.

As quoted in "Q&A: Bates Motel's Vera Farmiga on the Terrors of Parenthood" by Eric Spitznagel at Esquire (February 1, 2014)