Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
Come awake, Tom. Fathers can willfully hurt their children. They can be addicts too weak to give up their vices, no matter… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I actually didn't enjoy being a child particularly at all even though I had nice parents in a comfortable place to live.… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I've never had a particularly sweet tooth. In fact, during the war, I used to swap my sweet ration coupons with my… — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
I loved being the center of attention and making plays, but I knew the reality of being an actor because I had… — Camila Morrone Copy Share Image
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
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
If your parents only listen to jazz or folk, you're like one of those trees you see in botanic gardens that have… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
You don't have to do everything right as a parent, but there is one thing you cannot afford to get wrong. That… — Mark Batterson Copy Share Image
Barack the boy was raised by his white maternal grandparents; his Kenyan father abandoned him. The qualities Americans appeared to find universally… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
“(to father) Aren't you glad that you've never had to buy vegeterian cookery books as the first small step on the road… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“I want no presents from the Beast,” said Father. “Is he trying to buy us off? Let him take his rich gifts… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
My father told me all the Weasleys have red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford...You'll soon find out some… — Draco Malfoy Copy Share Image
“O King of glory, Lord of hosts, uplifted in triumph far above all heavens, leave us not without consolation but send us… — Scot A. Kinnaman Copy Share Image
The teacher will never be a parent. The parents are the parents. But they have to engage in some sort of active… — Philippe Falardeau Copy Share Image
If i should enter the house and speak with my own voice, at last, about its awful furnitutre, pulling apart the covering… — Lucille Clifton Copy Share Image
I fell in love with scent when I was a small boy. I was intrigued by how each bottle on my mother's… — Roja Dove Copy Share Image
You can't do things unexpected in life if you're not willing to take a risk, and it's easier to risk your own… — Lisa Edelstein Copy Share Image
Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless.… — Tony Gaskins Copy Share Image
My father worked in a post office and never made probably more than $8,000 a year as an employee of the post… — David Rubenstein Copy Share Image
“Hearing, they say, is one of the last senses to go. My mother smiled. I tearfully asked her, "Mommy, can you see… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
The term deadbeat dad is used for any father who is not financially supportive of his children. Any male who becomes a… — Author Name Copy Share Image
If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less,… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
A lot of thanks for every one of your ofreft on this web site. My mother really likes getting into internet research… — Megan Copy Share Image
I can give you life, But I cant live it for you. I can give you instructions, But I cant tell you… — Patrick Atkinson Copy Share Image
When I was a young mother at home with a two year old and a five year old, living on the Eastside… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
These are thy glorious works Parent of Good, Almighty, thine this universal Frame, Thus wondrous fair; thy self how wondrous then! Unspeakable,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
“body went tense, forcing goose bumps to rise over my bare arms. My tough demeanor had been ripped apart and was replaced… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
“He takes us to a beautiful building where, in 1754, a man killed his own brother. The brothers' father resolved to build… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Akri? Can I keep him? See, he good eating. Lots of fat on this one. (Simi) No, Simi. You can’t keep the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Trust is weird,” my mother said. “People give it too easily, most of the time. Because somebody is attractive, they expect him… — Kristen D. Randle Copy Share Image
“When it grew cold enough to shut the doors, and have fire at night, first thing after supper all of us helped… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
My parents always swore that in my childhood they had to let me win at board games. If, by the lucky stroke… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
I never thought I could make my mothers tears to come out of her eyes, I did everythings she asked, I loved… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
“May 9, 1989 Again this year I made Mom a Mother's Day card. It reads: M is for the Morbid things you… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“...Our conversation with the supermarket manager had been about as helpful as a New Jersey road sign, and if you've ever been… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
The worst scream I have ever heard, by far, is a mother cow on a dairy farm screaming her lungs out day,… — Gary Yourofsky Copy Share Image
“When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Staying where you now are, you must perish; coming to Christ, you can but perish; coming to Christ, no one ever did… — Samuel I. Prime Copy Share Image
So when the great word "Mother!" rang once more, I saw at last its meaning and its place; Not the blind passion… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
