I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and my parents are really right wingers. My dad watches, like, five or six hours of… — Jeffrey R. Immelt Copy Share Image
The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
I spend so much time with my parents. My mom and I were joined at the hip for five years. There was… — Kay Panabaker Copy Share Image
Nobody until very recently would have thought that their husband was supposed to be their best friend, confidante, intellectual soul mate, co-parent,… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The clearer the rules and the limits enforced by parents, the higher the child's self-esteem. The more freedom the child had, the… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
My parents were pretty lenient with me. But, they gave me morality while I was growing up. They taught me the difference… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
For a long time I was cautious of working with my parents because I wanted to feel separate from them in the… — Lily Rabe Copy Share Image
I hate when new parents ask who the baby looks like. It was born 15 minutes ago, it looks like a potato — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up, and you don't want your kids to grow up. You… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The thing is, my fantasies about being a parent always involved fighting for my unpopular child, doing for her what my own… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
If Tao Lin had been born to Gary Shteyngart's parents and spent his early twenties slaving for pageviews at NewYorker.com, he would… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
I was working on the farm to get in shape, about a mile away from my parents. You know, I did everything… — Guy Lafleur Copy Share Image
Look, it also attempts to poison our children, divide them from their parents and the teaching of the church and basically turn… — E.W. Jackson Copy Share Image
God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible… — Ben Zobrist Copy Share Image
I called my mother immediately to inform her that she was a bad parent. "I can't believe you let us watch this.… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
You should form your own opinions, and I think that's why social media is good because it's an alternative source of information… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To be born in imbecility, in the midst of pain and crisis; to be the plaything of ignorance, error, need, sickness, wickedness,… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is God, of course. I have studied his plays for the vast majority of my sentient life. When I was a… — Ken Ludwig Copy Share Image
I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school,… — Patricia Mauceri Copy Share Image
“If an album or a video game exerts more influence on your child's mind, then you must ask yourself: what kind of… — Lourd Ernest H. de Veyra Copy Share Image
We won't win until the average parent believes drug reform protects kids better than the war on drugs. — Ethan Nadelmann Copy Share Image
Becoming an adult means leaving the world of your parents and starting to make your way toward the future that you will… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
I play Peeta. That's his name. It was given to him by his parents. He comes from a long line of bread.… — Josh Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents. — Mathew Baynton Copy Share Image
My parents, who grew up in terror and dealt with segregation and humiliation, nonetheless taught us to be hopeful and open and… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Being a parent can make you a horrible person at times, because you're pushed to the limit constantly. — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
Loyalty to the school to which your parents pay to send you seemed to me like feeling loyalty to Selfridges. — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
Really, the F word in a song - it should be the least of the worries of parents these days. — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer. — Immaculee Ilibagiza Copy Share Image
Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take? — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
SAFETY NET-ISM: The belief that there will always be a financial and emotional safety net to buffer life's hurts. Usually parents. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love. — Zoe Weil Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it's natural for a father, for every parent, to see in his child all that's unspoiled and good.” — Vaddey Ratner Copy Share Image
