It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their… — Abby Sunderland Copy Share Image
I worked in the family business, which was my father's shoe making company that he had inherited from his father, and that… — Diego Della Valle Copy Share Image
“Empath children are highly influenced by the energy of the household, including the energy of you as a parent. This means that… — Mateo Sol Copy Share Image
“But, it didn’t matter that my mother suspected and knew that I was a writer. It was expected of me to take… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
As a four-year-old, my mother told me I was climbing the fence, jumping off and calling myself an 'eppyplane'... I bought books… — Nancy Bird Walton Copy Share Image
Within your culture as a whole, there is in fact no significant thrust toward global population control. The point to see is… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Parents are already telling their kids about falling in love online - there's nothing "frightening" or "dystopian" about this. So, the critique… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad,… — Nandan Nilekani Copy Share Image
What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in… — Socrates Copy Share Image
~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
“Emotional honesty, not perfection, is what children truly need from their parents. Children are always observing how you feel anger, joy, frustration,… — Jessica Joelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
If it wasn't for baseball, I'd be in either the penitentiary or the cemetery. I have the same violent temper my father… — Babe Ruth Copy Share Image
“A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
“What distinguishes the way a caring family or state institution treats a child from the way an investor would, if they’re both… — Malcolm Harris Copy Share Image
Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems." 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, Nor customary suits of solemn… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but… — Philip French Copy Share Image
“Mhisery realized at that moment, her father was so far gone into alcoholism the bottle had become his lover —and Avery Bellemy… — Alex Morgan Copy Share Image
“But I've still better things about children. I've collected a great, great deal about Russian children, Alyosha. There was a little girl… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“perfect for the daughter of a seed trader, he persisted—it took some time to convince his parents, who found the name unusual.… — Petra Durst-Benning Copy Share Image
“In part. She sat down and pulled her necklace out of her shirt. "I read about it in my mother's journal. The… — Amber Argyle Copy Share Image
My father was one-eighth Cherokee indian and my mother was quarter-blood Cherokee. I never got far enough in arithmetic to figure out… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
“When I asked my parents how the baby got inside Ma, they both laughed, and then Daddy told me they had made… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
A wind blew, and the sand around his drawing scattered. He wrapped his fingers inside his wife's, and Father Time rekindled a… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“Riddle me this - she is my daughter but I am not her father: who am I? I am a step parent.… — Tony Parsons Copy Share Image
“Despite the pecuniary spirit of Poor Richard’s sayings and the penny-saving reputation they later earned Franklin, he did not have the soul… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
How was it that, even in the common tasks of an ordinary life, Jesus drew the praise of heaven? At the core… — Francis Frangipane Copy Share Image
I had parents who were attentive to what was going on politically. There was the Greek connection, a sense of a larger… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Water, the Hub of Life. Water is its mater and matrix, mother and medium. Water is the most extraordinary substance! Practically all… — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But… — Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
Under HB 2655, the state is responsible to ensure parents are aware of the purpose and value of assessments and receive notice… — Kate Brown Copy Share Image
Both my parents were educators, so interviews and college applications and shaking hands and looking people in the eye and feeling confident… — Vanessa Williams Copy Share Image
The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
“When we are children our families take care of our basic survival needs; they are also our first and most important sources… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, in Japan, when mother, or baby, or mother and baby die in childbirth, people say, ‘Ah…they die because gods decide so.’… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I have always loved the big, brick house in Iowa where my mother grew up. From its windows, you can look out… — Kristin Kladstrup Copy Share Image
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“What, exactly, is a father if not a man who, once you’re grown and gone and out in the world making your… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image