Parents sometimes think of newborns as helpless creatures, but in fact parents' behavior is much more under the infant's control than the… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
I was so fortunate. My parents lived lives of service. They helped other people, that was their second nature; it came to… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
You've always been two people. The Jenna who wants to please and the Jenna who secretly resents in. They won't break, you… — Mary E. Pearson Copy Share Image
There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
I have always been a singer, a writer, and a musician, not as a prodigy or as in a trade handed to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Today, because of President Obama's courage, kids can stay on their parent's plan until they are 26. Insurers cannot kick you off… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Teaching children how to be eco-friendly at preschool age is just so obvious and so fantastic. It creates habits that they get… — Tana Ramsay Copy Share Image
I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in… — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
Some children are afraid to die because their parents are afraid to die. My own children have come to understand that it's… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
My parents, last time we went to Ikea, got into a huge fight, almost got divorced. My dad accidentally put his fist… — Jedediah Bila Copy Share Image
Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty… — Horatio Alger Copy Share Image
Taking the child's point of view demands good will, time, and effort on the part of parents. The child is the clear… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Some well-to-do parents may say, "I have a right to have as many children as I want because I can take care… — Sharon Gannon Copy Share Image
Any parent would have reservations if their kid came home dressed like a skinhead, but mine understood that punk kept me focused… — Daughn Gibson Copy Share Image
There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking… — Amy Ryan Copy Share Image
Perhaps being a parent has changed career more in that you ask yourself how long you'll be away from home. My eldest… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I saw my parents, as immigrants, try and try and try to take root and get ahead and so yes, 'Sweat' resonates… — Carlo Alban Copy Share Image
We tend to think human knowledge as progressive; because we know more and more, our parents and grandparents are back numbers. But… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The DREAMers are the safe ones, right? It's okay to advocate for the DREAMers because they're the English-speaking, college-educated ones, right? It's… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
When I arrived in France, it was very, very difficult. Not because I was in France - I could have been anywhere… — Didier Drogba Copy Share Image
Another part of what gave me a questioning, rabble-rousing, activist heart and soul is that when all these heavy events went down,… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were… — Anita Hill Copy Share Image
These parents, they think I'm a role model for their kids, that their kids look at me as some sort of idol.… — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
The player had almost as much fun as the parent and coaches. This league is well worth the time the professionals put… — Casey Barnes Copy Share Image
I think I've had to work my entire life at reacting to bad news, 'cause my first tendency whenever bad news comes… — Robert Meeropol Copy Share Image
I am the youngest of four siblings, and were all so close. I dont know where I would be without my brothers… — Marissa Jaret Winokur Copy Share Image
If it is to be done well, child-rearing requires, more than most activities of life, a good deal of decentering from one's… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I knew that I wanted to live in a city, but had never really been to New York. But I was begging… — Cherien Dabis Copy Share Image
“Those times are over and gone, and good-riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the thick-waisted generation, dragging along… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
My parents, products of the Great Depression, were successful people, but lived in a state of constant fear that my sister and… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn.… — Greg Mortenson Copy Share Image
Chemistry is like an indefinable thing. When it comes to people playing your best friend or your parents or anything like that,… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
I know rappers who are grandparents and we still haven't conquered politics, social development, philanthropy and these are areas, as we become… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
• People deserve a break. The stressed and unorganized person who doesn’t have the same priorities as you may be dealing with… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
My parents used to throw great New Year's Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool… — Ben Stiller Copy Share Image
I have never been in a situation thankfully where I haven't gotten along with my girlfriend's parents. I've been very lucky to… — Alex Pettyfer Copy Share Image
