Sometimes parents needed to be protected.

I don't know whether that comes from having a family - having something very important at home that needed to be protected.

— Phoebe Philo

“...all I could think about was how both sets of parents had needed to make their decision, on whether to medicate their child, in…

— Robert Whitaker

I've always been more slight, and I've always sort of felt that I needed to be protected, especially with so many rowdy brothers and…

— Daphne Guinness

I think it's very important to send the message that, while parents are needed to remind you to practice and occasionally force you to…

— Angela Duckworth

Parents are never forgiven for not giving just the right response at the appropriate moment. Or, rather, there are particular times in the adolescent's…

— Terri E Apter

My dad abandoned me when I was about two years old. So, he wasn't around to protect me the way I needed to be…

— Pattie Mallette

From an evolutionary perspective children are, literally, designed to learn. Childhood is a special period of protected immaturity. It gives the young breathing time…

— Alison Gopnik

Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make…

— Iain Duncan Smith

Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming?

— Stephen King

My parents made it a point that, although I was born and raised in New York City, I needed to speak Spanish because they…

— Selenis Leyva

Respect your parents! He hasdestroyed my life in making your life, you are given everything they have increased their capacity!

— Mak_786

“Parents do tend to judge each other. I don’t know why. Maybe because none of us really know what we’re doing?”

— Anonymous

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

— Mordecai Brown

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

“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