I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents. — William Lyon Phelps Copy Share Image
When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try… — Benjamin Clementine Copy Share Image
I think you should leave it up to the parent, because not all parents want to keep their children totally ignorant. — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
The line between being a nurturing parent and an over-bearing, damaging parent is one that's very delicate. — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what… — Chris Daughtry Copy Share Image
The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should… — Alexander Sutherland Neill Copy Share Image
I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
My mom used to say it doesn't matter how many kids you have... because one kid'll take up 100% of your time… — Karen Brown Copy Share Image
In terms of parenthood, I think the pressure has amped up massively too. Some parents are setting the bar ludicrously high in… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent… — Wayne Dyer 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
It was love that motivated His self-emptying, that led Him to become a little lower than angels, to be subject to parents,… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
I, a product of the New Frontier and Great Society, honestly believed that the world pretty much owed me a living--all I… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
If dysfunction means that a family doesn't work, then every family ambles into some arena in which that happens, where relationships get… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
We're all looking for acceptance and love, beginning with our parents. And then when you find [that] out, you start working with… — Jeppe Hein Copy Share Image
...Generally people don't recomend this type of book at all. It is far too interesting. Perhaps you have had other books recomended… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Do you remember the classic example of chutzpah? It's the young man who kills his parents and then asks the judge for… — William Blum Copy Share Image
Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs… — Kenneth Keniston Copy Share Image
Certainly parents play a crucial role in the lives of individuals who are intellectually gifted or creatively talented. But this role is… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
It was a struggle for a long time. My parents were rightly cautious, in the sense that they were like, "We want… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
We were deliberately designed to learn only by trial and error. We're brought up, unfortunately, to think that nobody should make mistakes.… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the most important characteristic of a godly mother is not her relationship with her children. It is her… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For heaven's sakes, every parent in America is checking social media and every employer is as well, but our government can't do… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Treat your parents with loving care… For you only know their true value, When you see their empty chair… — Usman Ismaheel Copy Share Image
I was never a warring parent who prejudiced the child against the other parent. We are a family wherein everyone cares for… — Poonam Dhillon Copy Share Image
I don't think I would have been a good mother. Being a parent brings immense responsibility. It's a Herculean task. It would… — Julie Christie Copy Share Image
I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life. — Clemence Poesy Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my parents encouraged me to take many different classes. Piano was one that I really fell in… — Noel Fisher Copy Share Image
The most important thing about a child's education is to have a great teacher in front of the classroom and a lot… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time.… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
we are never done with thinking about our parents, I suppose, and come to know them better long after they are dead… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
When I was younger, I was very scared to talk to people. To the point where my parents took me to a… — Harry Shum, Jr Copy Share Image
My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and… — Michele Lee Copy Share Image
I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
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
I have heard people say that they felt closer to their parents after they have died. Maybe if I treat people as… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image