My father was the head of the gang in the area I grew up in, but we lived in like a wooden… — Leon Edwards Copy Share Image
“Did you know Grandfather would give the poems to me?” I ask. “We thought he might,” my mother says. “Why didn’t you… — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
“He had suddenly the clearest understanding he had ever had of the way his father had gone so wrong. A man's strength… — Laura Florand Copy Share Image
“I know the South claims that it has spent millions for the education of the blacks, and that it has of its… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
Sometimes we feel to share some particular secret of our life or to do any confession to the particular person only, which… — Jaydeep Vora Copy Share Image
“Because the worst hurt in the world is losing your father’s love. The worst hurt in the world is watching his eyes… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
Parents needs to spend more time with who they're trusting their kids with. That's one of the nuggets going forward. Find out… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into… — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
Books were always important. I have to thank my father, he filled my life with books. He didn't write but he always… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
“Mothers do, every day. It’s funny, Bo, how a woman can bring two children into the world, raise them up the same… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Bedtime rituals for children ease the way to the elsewhere of slumber - teeth brushing and pajamas, the voice of a parent… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
My mother used to dress rather risque when I was a kid, and that sort of shocked me. I always thought moms… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
It's a fine line of doing what's good for your life and what your parents want you to do, but also following… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
Ladies, [motherhood] is a full-time job. Do not kid yourself that you can be a dental receptionist and a mother; that you… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
Children are very quick observers; very quick in seeing through some kinds of hypocrisy, very quick in finding out what you really… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
But from the perspective of the aging parent, there is no major difference between four and fifteen, except that when your child… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“An alarming number of parents appear to have little confidence in their ability to "teach" their children. We should help parents understand… — Raymond S. Moore Copy Share Image
“Sebastian: Do you remember when you were eleven and had mono? Our parents wanted us to stay away from each other. Dad… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
When my father passed away, he had his organs donated. In that painful moment, I was deeply comforted knowing that my father… — John Perez Copy Share Image
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
“One must make allowances for a parental instinct that has been starving for twenty-five or thirty years. It is famished, it is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I didn't really have an interest in politics when I first entered the workforce. What I wanted to do was help people… — Kyrsten Sinema Copy Share Image
“Then everything is clear," Reynold said, looking around triumphantly at the crowd. "Jacques Cherbourg did not drown, he survived. He went to… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“The next day I lay out on the grass in our backyard and I looked straight into the sun, the way my… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Parents who have lost a child should be told that they will never heal from their loss. They will always have a… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
They want to play at being mothers. So let them. Expressing tenderness in their own way will not prevent girls from enjoying… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“you cannot destroy love for the world merely by showing its emptiness. The world-centered love of our hearts can be expelled only… — Sinclair B. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Odds are, you’ll live a whole adult lifetime that wasn’t available to your parents and grandparents. Their life expectancy at birth was… — Bob P. Buford Copy Share Image
I was German-speaking, and I arrived 10 years old to Croatia, and really wasn't speaking a lot at home with my parents… — Dejan Lovren Copy Share Image
One night I dreamed I was locked in my Father's watch With Ptolemy and twenty-one ruby stars Mounted on spheres and the… — John Ciardi Copy Share Image
A father figure is providing for you, as well as showing you things. A big brother is giving you the game and… — Jadakiss Copy Share Image
“We need to see how painful our sin is to the Father in order to understand salvation. Our sin deeply hurts God’s… — Ana Mendez Ferrell Copy Share Image
They say you're either a cutter or a burner. I never cut myself. I had been chopping vegetables with my mother since… — Freddie Prinze Jr Copy Share Image
If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
In her heart my mother much preferred the intense few days of shelling, which brought freedom, to the languishing fear she felt… — Sean Hepburn Ferrer Copy Share Image
I paint inspired by my father, a well known character of the nightlife; a clandestine gambling capitalist and owner of three brothels… — Fabian Perez Copy Share Image
Survival is something I've always managed. To be fair, my parents did the first 16 years without any input from me. I… — Sarah Millican Copy Share Image
I was studying architecture at Berkeley when my father passed away in 2007. We knew he had cancer, but we didn't expect… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
“A dominant ideology represents the view of a dominant group, often by making the existing order seem inevitable. Thus, by depicting motherhood… — Evelyn Nakano Glenn Copy Share Image