We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
“He thinks giving your kids everything is what makes you a good parent. Like, 'Here's an Xbox, and by the way, I… — Michelle Krys Copy Share Image
I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
When any of us thinks of ourselves as a role model - whether thats as a parent being observed by their kids… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
I'm so grateful to my parents for my upbringing and for all of the opportunities that I was provided with, but I… — Ivanka Trump Copy Share Image
“No matter how old you are, as long as a parent is alive, you are still a child. It is only after… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
My parents are pretty liberal. But they were just you know trying to look out for my innocence or whatever. But my… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of… — Plato Copy Share Image
I was a creative kid; I wasn't really into sports, and sports in the South are a pretty big deal. It's like… — Tony Hale Copy Share Image
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
And so, a prediction, and my heartfelt wish for you: as you get older, your self will diminish and you will grow… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I had to really kill off all the religious myths. In the therapy you really feel every painful moment of your life… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There was also a national policy, which as a child I didn't know anything about. In 1924 the first major immigration law… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame or disgust about the human body. If… — Lee Salk Copy Share Image
His mother got her purse. His father reached for the door. "Scooter," he said, by way of good-bye, "have fun with your… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
You don't know the things in your childhood that influence you. You can't possibly know them. People today try to analyze the… — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
I could envision it all to clearly: Stuart or Debbie finding the dented door off its hinges, lying in the snow. "She… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Everyone, from the Mother Superior to the priests to my parents--they were so upset and reproachful...I felt as if something they all… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
The humming of my parents' voices from behind my bedroom wall, which throughout my childhood had filled me with a sense of… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
Nowadays, you cannot tell your kids what to do. In fact, you have to listen to them. As a parent, give them… — Chunky Pandey Copy Share Image
When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was… — Darrell Hammond Copy Share Image
I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there's no contradiction between feminism, which means women… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“The task of any good cook, of any parent, is to be present- in the kitchen and out. To taste all the… — Emily Franklin Copy Share Image
The minute I landed back in Alaska, it was back to hip boots and fish guts. This cultural flipping wasn't easy -… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
I've been a single parent for a long time. It reminds me of being a waitress. As you walk back to the… — Cherie Lunghi Copy Share Image
I have a huge breakfast every morning because I never know if I'll have time for lunch, especially during Fashion Week. It… — Constance Jablonski Copy Share Image
What children learn from punishment is that might makes right. When they are old and strong enough, they will try to get… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
I was lucky with my parents, for my mom and my dad particularly, much more than my mom, who was very compassionate… — Shep Gordon Copy Share Image
I feel like your city - with hip hop in particular, because we're always beating our chest and shouting where we're from… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
I believe that the dysfunctional Muslim family constitutes a real threat to the very fabric of western life. It is in the… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
I would love to leave my children and grandchildren a nicer world than the one I am going to leave them. But… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
When were small & young¦ it is our parent duty to look after us & teach us whats suppose to be done… — Norshiratu Tikus Copy Share Image
'Monsters,' everybody has the thought of monsters in your closet as a kid, and more importantly, the idea of becoming a parent.… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
I know from my own experience as a parent that parents probably teach most powerfully not through their words but through their… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I grew up in a racially mixed neighborhood. So going over to friends' houses for dinner, their parents listened to Al Green… — Justin Townes Earle Copy Share Image
Marriage is a public good, not just a private relationship. We have a public stake in healthy marriages and two-parent families. Our… — William J Doherty Copy Share Image
Unresolved dissonances between the characters and dispositions of the parents continue to reverberate in the nature of the child and make up… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image