The biggest single problem of American parents today is the foolish idea that you just have to be a friend to your… — Steve Biddulph Copy Share Image
My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
The biggest mistake coaches make is taking borderline cases and trying to save them. I'm not talking about grades now, I'm talking… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image
We all know who beats us down,cuts us down,tells us we're a bad parent, lies to us. The truth is this person… — Bryon Sletten Copy Share Image
I've seen my whole family struggle, with money, with relationships, with alcohol, and I thought there must be a better way. As… — Kellie Pickler Copy Share Image
Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I don't really remember the day we lost our home in the floods, but looking back I can understand how devastating it… — Samantha Stosur Copy Share Image
My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
You know, unfortunately divorce it happens in Kansas as much as it does in Hollywood. And, you know, women having to start… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my… — Lee Kelly Copy Share Image
I've carried on, in that same tradition, with my kids. Aside from just his brilliance, in my estimation, I think he had… — Christopher Meledandri Copy Share Image
Valentines Day is a day we celebrate real love. A love so strong that two hearts become one. Yeah, when you're happy,… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
It isn't easy for everyone in Germany to make ends meet through well-paid work in Germany. You have to have sufficient skills… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
If they learn easily, they are penalized for being bored when they have nothing to do; if they excel in some outstanding… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
When I was little, I went to a Catholic school and was required to go to church every morning and with my… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
You're either selfish, or you're a servant...but fundamentally selfish people are terrible friends, terrible lovers, terrible spouses, terrible Christians, terrible parents. They… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
I think I want to go in to law or oncology, as those are both subjects that really interest me, but my… — Joshua Rush Copy Share Image
“I'd love to know how Dad saw me when I was 6. I'd love to know a hundred things. When a parent… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Being pregnant and having a toddler, as every parent says, is amazing. You're very tired, but it's so wonderful. God, it's emotional,… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
I haven't lived my life through my daughters. Some parents devote everything to their children, which must be so hard, and it's… — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If advertising has invaded the judgment of children, it has also forced its way into the family, an insolent usurper of parental… — Jules Henry Copy Share Image
I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Hopefulness is the heartbeat of the relationship between a parent and child. Each time a child overcomes the next challenge of hislife,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions… — Patricia Richardson Copy Share Image
My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother… — Gail Porter Copy Share Image
French parents are very concerned about their kids. They know about pedophiles, allergies, and choking hazards. They take reasonable precautions. But they… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I've always had to force myself to make friends and speak to people. My parents were quiet, and it took me a… — Helen Hunt Copy Share Image
The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can… — Madeleine M. Kunin Copy Share Image
My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was… — Derek Ridgers Copy Share Image
I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, "Children, you must no make so much noise," that I do not think how soon the… — Abbott Eliot Kittredge Copy Share Image
All the homeschooling parents I know meet on a regular basis with other families. They organize field trips, cooking classes, reading clubs… — Quinn Cummings Copy Share Image
Both my parents came from Russia and suddenly they wound up in Boston, Massachusetts, Brookline, Massachusetts and they felt the sun rose… — Mike Wallace Copy Share Image
Kids, everybody can get behind. It's a bipartisan thing. We care about our kids' health. But the truth is, it's very important… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I'm totally normal. I think it's obnoxious when people demand limos or bodyguards. I eat at McDonald's or Taco Bell. My parents… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in… — Eric Hutchinson Copy Share Image
My parents raised me that you never ask people about their reproductive plans. “You don’t know their situation,” my mom would say.… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I cared very little for the customs of my parents, the special things that we're supposed to… — Nguyen Viet Thang Copy Share Image
