Whenever I write about my family, I start by getting my parent's approval. I like to think I write about them with… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them.… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
Raising children with an emphasis on intrinsic rewards is not a technique, a method or a trick to get them to do… — Mamie Van Doren Copy Share Image
I find Maersk fascinating. It is the Coca-Cola of freight with none of the fame. Its parent company, A. P. Moller-Maersk, is… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Harold Brodie is a louse and a lothario who cheats at cards and has a different girl in his rumble seat every… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Man is born an asocial and antisocial being. The newborn child is a savage. Egoism is his nature. Only the experience of… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
God, the very creative power at the center of the universe, is loving and caring like a truly devoted parent. This love… — Morton T. Kelsey Copy Share Image
The schoolmaster is the person who takes the children off the parents' hands for a consideration. That is to say, he establishes… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I think there's some evidence that when it comes to being a doctor or nurse, a police officer or therapist, that empathetic… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
There are many things children accept as "grown-up things" over when they have no control and for which they have no responsibility--for… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
It was part of a financial situation. I could only afford records in thrift stores. Then you could find wonderful things, but… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
Family values represent the core values and guidelines that parents and family members hold in high regard for the well-being of the… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
I was blessed. I had a great childhood and great parents that loved music and family. I moved from England when I… — Bo Bice Copy Share Image
The parent who loves his child dearly but asks for nothing in return might qualify as a saint, but he will not… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
Of course I love you, So let's have a kid. Who will say exactly What its parents did; "Of course I love… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The most meaningful movies I can make are the ones where parents can share them with their children and children can look… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to great schools, because my parents didn't believe in public education. They wanted the education to be influenced by… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
By providing cheap and wholesome reading for the young, we have partly succeeded in driving from the field that which was positively… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
Often, when there is a conflict between parent and child, at its very hub is an expectation that the child should be… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living… — Dylan Lauren Copy Share Image
I have to think that we all have - at one time or another - felt that our own voice was silenced… — Mary C. Gentile Copy Share Image
During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects… — Jessica Seinfeld Copy Share Image
The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
There was once a little girl who was so very intelligent that her parents feared that she would die. But an aged… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
And, I think, as a kid, I had a strong motivation to do something of my life. And, I think that's the… — Philippe Perrin Copy Share Image
Water helped ancient man learn those first lessons about the rights of others and responsibility to a larger society… It became part… — Max Meyer Copy Share Image
An unmarried adult who cannot navigate the welfare system has no choice but to work, but a married working parent is constantly… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
Alright, alright, I admit it: my husband is the quiet, kind, accepting parent, and I'm the one who wants so much to… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Parent and child may both love, but - unbeknown to the child - each party is on a different end of the… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“[T]he parent-child relationship was one way, you gave them all your love and they were under no obligation to pay a penny… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I've had this conversation with friends who have had challenging relationships with one or another parent. The only thing I can say… — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image
All that most parents hope is that their children are happy, funny, well adjusted, and have a passion for something in their… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
I thought the line 'I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska' was very funny. I think the word is… — Andrea Fay Friedman Copy Share Image
By default I am the good parent. I've used my own personal experience. I came from a world where I was in… — Bob Harper Copy Share Image
If parents are the fixed stars in the childs universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling,… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they?… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
A baby is born into this world in a state of fear. Total paranoia and awareness. He sees the world with eyes… — Charles Manson Copy Share Image
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