As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents,… — Emily Procter Copy Share Image
It is better to tolerate the rare instance of a parent refusing to let his child be educated, than to shock the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When I think of all the books I have read, and of the wise words I have heard spoken, and of the… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I go to my parents' over Christmas. I definitely do, but I don't see it as a Christmas because during Christmas there… — Johan Hegg Copy Share Image
I would like to see every parent either directly - if they are comfortable with the technology - or through a personal… — Jim Knight Copy Share Image
There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with… — Bob Filner Copy Share Image
In my country, families are raised as though they are one. Although I am from the Dinka tribe, my parents didn't raise… — Alek Wek Copy Share Image
Just as children, step by step, must separate from their parents, we will have to separate from them. And we will probably… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Recognizing that family self-sufficiency is a false myth, we also need to acknowledge that all today's families need help in raising children.… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Every child has to disobey the father. Unless a child disobeys the father he never becomes mature. It is nothing, original, it… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
The colicky baby who becomes calm, the quiet infant who throws temper tantrums at two, the wild child at four who becomes… — Ellen Galinsky Copy Share Image
A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Honestly, Jared, one thing at a time. Why are you in a well with me? This is a really bad rescue!" [...]… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Right now, we say in a traditional home one parent stays home with the children and the other provides the financial support… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
Yes, I am Irish and Indian, which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I'm very musically inclined. My parents were opera singers. As a young child, I could hear operas and I knew if they… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that children inherit the suppressed tendencies of their parents. A clergyman's son frequently shows abnormal tastes… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
I was very strict on that point. No devouring classmates." Jeremy rolled his eyes. "Other parents warn their kids not to talk… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
“TV was like a third parent- a source of ideas and information and impressions. and not such a bad parent- always with… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
No election is ever just about one issue, but I care a lot about women's rights and making sure parents have what… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
No matter how much you love your spouse, you won't love them in the same way you do your baby. It's a… — Alyson Hannigan Copy Share Image
I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do… — Ruth Simmons Copy Share Image
Refined policy ever has been the parent of confusion, and ever will be so as long as the world endures. Plain good… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The best defense against these people is to educate parents and children of the dangers that come along with the Internet and… — Mike Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I am a father and I know the feel of being a father, why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also… — Juan Pablo Galavis Copy Share Image
Parents have railed against shelters near schools, but no one has made any connection between the crazed consumerism of our kids and… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I used read about Dr. King a lot as a kid. Independently, from being assigned it or being told by my parents… — John Legend Copy Share Image
My father was very strict, a very militant parent, because he wanted us to be very focused kids. He sold the televisions,… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Our very lives are dependent, for sustenance, on the sweat and sacrifice of the campesinos. Children of farm workers should be as… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
Common standards ensure that every child across the country is getting the best possible education, no matter where a child lives or… — Roy Romer Copy Share Image
My brother and I met several times during that weekend trying to figure out what we were each going to do, and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I've been making electronic music since I was 12. I was making music as soon as I knew how to make sounds… — Travis Stewart Copy Share Image
For women of my generation, it was the 'juggling act.' Jobs, marriage, children, homes, and aging parents were the balls we added,… — Willow Bay Copy Share Image
If my parents didn't push me and didn't support education, I probably wouldn't be here today… Regardless of whatever they went through… — Anne Sullivan Macy Copy Share Image
Many of the twisted minds and crippled characters in the world were made by careless parents who kept their children away from… — Gilbert Highet Copy Share Image
The world is not the most pleasant place. Eventually your parents leave you and nobody is going to go out of their… — Queen Elizabeth II Copy Share Image
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