Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force… — Bob Keeshan Copy Share Image
Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
We want people to know that classical music is for everyone. A parent or kid might be terrified of this music, but… — Richard Hyung-ki Joo Copy Share Image
The question of what we are can only be answered by ourselves. We each decide what we are by the life choices… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If thou desire to purchase honor with thy wealth, consider first how that wealth became thine; if thy labor got it, let… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
I truly have a village supporting me. My son has godmothers, godfathers, grandparents and so many others in his life who love… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best… — Brigitte Nielsen Copy Share Image
When a child keeps asking you to tell him/her a story, what they instinctively really want to know -- is their true… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Christianity only hopes. It has hung its harp on the willows, and cannot sing a song in a strange land. It has… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I do remember, one time, a man came to me after the students began to work in Mississippi and he said the… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, unlike when my parents grew up, you can't turn social media off. It's not like you can go home and avoid… — Andrea Pino Copy Share Image
Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
It would be a fine thing if ... parents would have in every bedroom in their house a picture of the temple… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
At each stage of development the child needs different resources from the family. During the first year, a variety of experience and… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
I was 5 when I won my first song and dance competition, and my parents asked me if that is what I… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
Part of the reason I had such a drive to be an activist, and support other activists, is because I was raised… — Bonnie Raitt Copy Share Image
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I was lucky to grow up with phenomenal parents who were into talking about things. When something hit me hard as a… — Eric Lange Copy Share Image
My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
Son of Lady Chatterley's Lover had obvious commercial advantages (as a title for this book), but it impugned the marital status of… — Jack Paar Copy Share Image
I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity… — Cat Cora Copy Share Image
There are great advantages to seeing yourself as an accident created by amateur parents as they practiced. You then have been left… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
Remember that a single mom is just like any other mom and that our number one priority is till our kids. Any… — Paula Miranda Copy Share Image
Parents may be always working, parents may be in and out. When you're dropping them off with coaches, the first thing kids… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
My parents had us very young. We lived in a modest house. We built forts, we hiked, we went camping and they… — Brooklyn Decker Copy Share Image
Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think,… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in… — Grace Gummer Copy Share Image
To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your… — Marcus Allen Copy Share Image
I want to have a big family. My parents have been together for 36 years, and that is what I want. I… — Gisele Bundchen Copy Share Image
As a parent, you have to figure out how to shape your kid's character. You want to have human beings who learn… — Joan Cusack Copy Share Image
I'm torn about late parenting. I believe people should spend their twenties living and having fun and not having any regrets later.… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven't missed them for five… — David Small Copy Share Image
Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
I am now pretty far advanced in life, and all my views are center'd in the Happiness and well-fare of my children;… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I thank God that I'm a product of my parents, that they infected me with their intelligence and energy for life, with… — Shakira Copy Share Image