When parents are confident that their children will live, they have fewer of them. They invest more in each child's food, health… — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
Obviously a child can never conceive solitude if his parents aren't living it somewhere themselves. I don't mean that to be alone… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I don't know if I came to this life with it or if it's something that came to me in my childhood,… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
When you have a child yourself, you go back and think about how you were parented, how you were mothered and what… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
I don't think anything gives your life joy and meaning. I think your life simply has joy and meaning. The love for… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Things are very rudimentary as far as women's rights really go here, and it seems fine, but once you start scraping the… — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
Calculus is one course you can come with to your parents and say, I am dropping it. And they'll understand. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
I was so unhealthy as a child, and at least three or four times my parents were told to get ready, that… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let them get at the books themselves, and do not let them be flooded with diluted talk from the lips of their… — Charlotte Mason Copy Share Image
As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
I think after Iceland's independence in 1944, we were not very sure of ourselves and our confidence was really low. It took… — Bjork Copy Share Image
The last two years with the Eagles were pretty intense times. There was a lot of drinking and we were all getting… — Glenn Frey Copy Share Image
One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. “Don’t hate her, Jo,” he told me. “Feel sorry… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Only to two or three persons in all the world are the reminiscences of a man's early youth interesting: to the parent… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
In a sense, in the area of child care, children's relationships with parents' working has come full circle. We have gone from… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best… — Diana Lopez Copy Share Image
The older child who has lost or broken some valuable thing will be found when his parents return, not run away, not… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The next step is for the great teachers to arise, and for them to clearly understand the challenges ahead and mentor accordingly.… — Oliver DeMille Copy Share Image
Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
