Children express what parents repress

I know for my wife and I, we always loved the idea of being young parents. It is an incredibly inspiring and challenging job…

— Taylor Hanson

Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.

— Anonymous

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

“As parents who make every effort we can to raise our children in loving security, we do not need to feel more guilt than…

— Gabor Maté

“I've been alone since my mom met Scott. He sucked the nectar from her heart like a famished butterfly. No nurture, no nourishment left…

— Ellen Hopkins

When I was 3, my parents strapped on a pair of Playskool plastic roller skates to my feet, and that's where the story begins.

— J. R. Celski

I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.

— James Haven

My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why…

— Banks

One genuine reason to feel jealous of my parents:-) I will never ever have a kid as awesome as their's...

— Anonymous

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

“Take sex, for instance.' 'What do you want me to do with it?' 'Try to be serious for a moment. Take the sex life…

— John Mortimer

I am an only child, and I guess was spoiled by my parents.

— Mordecai Brown

My parents were born into a secular country. They met in Turkey's top medical school, moved to America in the nineteen-seventies, and became researchers…

— Elif Batuman

Take the government away. Let the parents take care of their kids.

— Bruce Bickford

It's impossible to know who Donald might have been under different circumstances and with different parents.

— Mary L. Trump