Sometimes being a parent means shutting off your child's Xbox before they beat you in multi-player mode. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a mother I am often confused about how to help my children make wise decisions for themselves. One day I extol… — Martha Boesing Copy Share Image
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right. — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
In colonial America, the father was the primary parent. . . . Over the past two hundred years, each generation of fathers… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“...[E]ven I know that being a parent is awful ninety-five percent of the time...As far as I can tell, it's that last… — Kimberly McCreight Copy Share Image
My father left Ireland because he did not want to muck horse manure for the rest of his life, and he wanted… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“A man's beliefs are his destiny. As soon as my father believed his life was over, it was.” — Carolee Dean Copy Share Image
I remember driving around with my parents when I was little and looking out of the window and being very aware that… — Rankin Copy Share Image
We long for our father. We wear his clothes, and actually try to fill his shoes. . . . We hang on… — Frank Pittman Copy Share Image
“She tried not to think of her father, once a brief inmate of those twenty-foot-high, three-foot-thick crenellated walls. Now” — J.T. Ellison Copy Share Image
My father saw two black men lynched on his street in Cartersville, as a child. And I think seeing two black businessmen… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
“I don't have a choice sahib. Artho hi kanya parakeeya eva father used to say" "What does it mean?" "It means a… — Ranjani Ramachandran Copy Share Image
Broadly speaking, in the past few years, we've more than doubled the editorial staff [in Mother Jones], as part of ramping up… — Clara Jeffery Copy Share Image
“Through lesson after lesson, we are becoming, individually and collectively, more enlightened. Understanding this helps you to see how, in relationships, for… — Marilyn Gordon Copy Share Image
I do like Tom Petty an awful lot. I always say that he's my real father, but I'm joking in that imaginary… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
“Why do you think, A.J.," they say in unison, "that you find these boys so attractive?" I didn't say that this fiery… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
When a woman gives birth, two are born: a baby from the womb of its mother and a woman from the womb… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
According to my parents, I've always liked to tune into the conversations of others. But rather than hope for a snippet of… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
