It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams.… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
A sense of self has to be sought in the parade of images and products; and this culture becomes the main determinant… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
There are some circumstances, for example, where the newborn baby is severely disabled and where the parents think that it's better that… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I understand the term Yolo, but its certain things you should stop doing when you become a parent. Nevertheless, you are in… — Marquis Herring Copy Share Image
If you look at top players - Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi - so many had a parent who was domineering to the… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you… — Uma Thurman Copy Share Image
It's more likely in America that your parents will file for bankruptcy than divorce. We think of divorce as so prevalent, but… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
We live in a crazy time, and parents are very worried about their children's futures. They're getting all kinds of messages about… — Roberta Michnick Golinkoff Copy Share Image
Like every child of divorce, I had parent-trap fantasies. In fact, 'The Parent Trap' was my favourite movie. I was a Nineties… — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
Fame is like a big eraser. It's strange, now that I'm famous. In my parents' opinion, all the shitty things - all… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
For my parents to let me turn down the money that I have been offered to go pro, it's unbelievable. They want… — Missy Franklin Copy Share Image
I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a… — Jewel Copy Share Image
“Think of your feeling as a six-year-old child: you want to listen to it, and then you need to be the faith-filled… — Zondervan Publishing Copy Share Image
My parents both had Oxford degrees, they read important books, spoke foreign languages, drank real coffee and went to museums for pleasure.… — Arabella Weir Copy Share Image
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There's a kind of mystery to our being and from my point of view, regarding my own parents and their parents, I'd… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
My parents were not very happy. They were very worried about me pursuing a career that even if I had talent might… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with… — Rahki Copy Share Image
We're not trying to raise good kids. We're trying to raise kids who become great adults. That's a very different thing. We… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
We don't yet know, above all, what the world might be like if children were to grow up without being subjected to… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Parents who have been successful in acquiring more often have a difficult time saying no to the demands of overindulged children. Their… — H. David Burton Copy Share Image
That undeniable love for your child... that's something I totally get. And the bumps in the road, too. Like, any parent that… — Betsy Brandt Copy Share Image
Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The thing is, the kids always rebel against what the parents try to push on them so I'm going to pretend like… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
As every parent knows, children begin life as uninhibited, unabashed explorers of the unknown. From the time we can walk and talk,… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
I fully believe in ghosts. I have, my entire life. The first house I ever lived in was haunted. There was a… — Meaghan Rath Copy Share Image
You become a parent, and your whole life becomes about worrying. You just worry constantly whether they'll be okay. And the idea… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
Tom has a theory that homosexuals and single women in their thirties have natural bonding: both being accustomed to disappointing their parents… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I know some of my parents' friends think 'Little Britain' is in incredibly poor taste. But swimming the Channel? You can't really… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
It's astonishing how quickly cultural references change. Each new generation of parents grows up with a new slate of cultural understanding, television… — Gary L. Thomas Copy Share Image
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Taking care of my parents is one of the things that I want to do, just give them some of the things… — Reggie Bush Copy Share Image
The problem that first demands solution is to discover the disruptive agent which would be potent enough to rip the Cloghvorra Stone… — Robert Stawell Ball Copy Share Image
You have to do all you can as a parent to stop your kid from doing all the craziness that's going on… — Ginuwine Copy Share Image
At the last parent visitation night I'd sorta accidentally watched a majorly nightmarish scene between Aphrodite and her parents. Her dad's the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Despite being what would now be called a deprived child in a one parent family, I did not grow up with an… — Eva Hart Copy Share Image
In the beginning, you tamp down the animosity for the kids' sake. I'm not going to deny that I went through the… — Elin Nordegren Copy Share Image
A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children… — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
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