My mother's the most special person in my life ... I consider her my MVP: Most Valuable Parent. — Alex Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly… — Pattie Mallette Copy Share Image
As one boy said, 'I was thinking all these horrible thoughts about my parents when suddenly it hit me-if they're all that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Everyone if so warm, and the children know my from the children's books. Their oldest siblings or young parents know me from… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
I can direct dial today a man my parents warred with. They wanted to kill him, I want to sell software to… — Brad Templeton Copy Share Image
My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing… — Jennifer Aniston Copy Share Image
“Your job as a parent is not to make your child's way smooth, but rather to help her develop inner resources so… — Ellyn Satter Copy Share Image
You are what you are because your parents made love at that exact moment, and if they made love one second after… — Christian Boltanski Copy Share Image
I think it's helpful for kids to know that their parents weren't perfect, that they messed up and learned from their mistakes.… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
I think for all the women who are working parents it's difficult to balance your work-life and your home-life. You make obvious… — Kate Hudson Copy Share Image
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
It is a parent's responsibility to preserve the connection with their children, to preserve the relationship, so that the children can let… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two facts that all children need to disprove sooner or later; mother and father. If you go on believing in… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Absent parents aren't abusive per se. They're neglectful. They love in a very imperfect way. There are parents like that, and they… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
If we trust parents to choose child care for their children, and we trust them to help their children choose a college… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image
We are intensely loyal to our parents. In spite of the pain we experienced at our parent's hands, we cling tenaciously to… — Augustus Napier Copy Share Image
And I’ve said this all across the country when I talk to parents about education, government has to fulfill its obligations to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough not to grow up in Hollywood, so I feel that was a blessing. Being surrounded by nature and… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
I started playing drums at a pretty early age because my parents were musicians. My dad was an amazing multi-instrumentalist and I… — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
Did you know children are dying because of AIDS. Missing the medicines that prevent transmission from mother to child. Missing the protection… — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
A conscious parent is not one who seeks to fix her child or seek to produce or create the 'perfect' child. This… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The progressive notion of the state as a loving, caring parent is becoming a bipartisan affair. — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes. — Steve Schirripa Copy Share Image
You may strive to be like them but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Once again, her parents' problems had run through her life like a piece of heavy equipment, smashing everything in their way. — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Our children are better served by speaking not of visitation versus custody, but of parent time. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted… — Peter Eisenman Copy Share Image
My parents’ biggest thing was that they just wanted me to graduate high school and go to college. They couldn’t fathom me… — Mila Kunis Copy Share Image
Somewhat paradoxically, parenting programs should focus on the behavior of the parents not the behavior of the children. — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
My parents ingrained in me early on that the perfect score is always something to strive for. I want to win and… — Andrea Jung Copy Share Image
It remains to be seen which program will cause greater societal damage: China's one-child policy or America's one-parent policy. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It is the parent's job to see how their child learns and to make sure that the children's self confidence is buoyed… — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
My parents are artists, so I grew up with my mom having bonfires, seven guitars, and talented musicians and artists around like… — Amber Tamblyn Copy Share Image
When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest. — Lorna Luft Copy Share Image
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
