As children, women are encouraged to be "little ladies." Little ladies don't scream as vociferously as little boys, and they are chastised… — Robin Lakoff Copy Share Image
My kids are obviously growing up very privileged, but I want them to have a servant's heart. We do community service as… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
Even if you've gone through an average childhood, you have girlfriends who get pregnant and then have to choose whether or not… — Laura Dern Copy Share Image
Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number;… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to… — Adele Copy Share Image
I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety;… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I'm living my life for an audience of one. I live my life to please God. And I believe if He's pleased,… — Anne Graham Lotz Copy Share Image
If you try to impose a rigid discipline while teaching a child or a chimp you are working against the boundless curiosity… — Roger Fouts Copy Share Image
Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
In 'Hardflip,' you have a relationship where the father and son haven't seen each other in 18 years, but they find they're… — John Schneider Copy Share Image
“And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Every day can be like Christmas in its love and its peace if our hearts open up and make room for love.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“We want our children to have a childhood that's magical and enriched, but I'll bet that your best childhood memories involve something… — Lenore Skenazy Copy Share Image
We teach our children one thing only, as we were taught: to wake up. We teach our children to look alive there,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Over the years, I have noticed that the child who learns quickly is adventurous. She's ready to run risks. She approaches life… — John Holt Copy Share Image
I do not understand how anyone can, in good conscience, tell a family whose child is suffering from a life-threatening disease that… — Jim Doyle Copy Share Image
Bahai Iranians are barred from holding government jobs, their children are excluded from the nation's university system, their marriages are not recognized… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The weird thing is when you're a gay guy my age, I spent so much of my life just thinking I was… — Guy Branum Copy Share Image
“Always the wild child, conceived in flames, born of fire. Drawn to the forbidden, witch, warlock, burning stones. Her blood is made… — Melody Lee Copy Share Image
“Have you noticed how children never bypass a puddle of water, but jump, splash, and slosh right through it? That's because they… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
There could not have been a lovelier sight; but there was none to see it except a little boy who was staring… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face… — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and… — Victoria Jackson Copy Share Image
We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The… — Dixie Carter Copy Share Image
Children who wish to become good and great men or good and noble women, should try to know well all the people… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Instead of loving a God, we love each other. Instead of the religion of the sky-the religion of this world-the religion of… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Ah, Father! That’s words and only words! Forgive! If he’d not been run over, he’d have come home today drunk and his… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“The child will leave the nest. The best paint job will crack. The best play will become boring. The best work will… — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
“The men were smashing windows and aiming their weapons through them. The driver had opened the door and was shouting for the… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
I'd definitely be the kind of parent who enabled my child's dreams. I'd just watch and nurture and guide them. I have… — Drew Barrymore Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in… — James Dean Copy Share Image
“We each have our own way of expressing ourselves. I just think that life gives us things, situations— people— to make us… — Barbara Cameron Copy Share Image
“You think it’s smart for a guy like me to kiss the governor’s daughter? You need to know who I was before,… — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“9. MOOD: The world is a serious place for some spirited kids. They’re analytical, meticulously reviewing experiences, finding the flaws, and making… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
In the end, we all have to decide what we're willing to give up for payback. We all have parents or grandparents… — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
Im married to a white man, and then my daughter came out looking like the whitest white child with blonde hair and… — Karyn Parsons Copy Share Image
I was still afraid of him, I knew, but in a different way - I was no longer a child, afraid of… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Why did he hesitate? He finally admitted to himself that he was like an American child who was almost completely certain about… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
