My mother was a full-time mom, and Dad started his own business. He was a mini-American dream story. Came from Russia at… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“When I met white kids' parents, they always asked me bullshit questions about race, where our family was "from," and used words… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“3. The child is allowed to experience and express ordinary impulses, such as jealousy, rage, sexuality and defiance, because the parents have… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Be glad you have a mother who loves you." He was glad of that. A lot, since she was basically the only… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“One day I asked my mother, "Mom, where's my dreaming place?" And she took me up in the hills and showed me… — Pauline Gordon Aboriginal Bunjalung tribe Australia Copy Share Image
When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges… — Roz Chast Copy Share Image
One year for Mother's Day I got me and my mom tickets to go see Alanis Morissette. We both love her sooo… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
Till now, society has protected the adult and blamed the victim. It has been abetted in its blindness by theories, still in… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Family likeness has often a deep sadness in it. Nature, that great tragic dramatist, knits us together by bone and muscle, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
My mother was always wearing Fracas and I always remember her smell, but particularly when I would wake up early in the… — Madonna Copy Share Image
“It is almost impossible for a parent to hold a secret from a child. Children, without the skills of language, spend years… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
“I guess, even before that, I'd get them to empty out everything their parents and everybody ever told them. I mean even… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“No one goes anywhere alone, least of all into exile—not even those who arrive physically alone, unaccompanied by family, spouse, children, parents,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
“I'm also discovering that while they seem to believe that I do not require sleep, my husband (who also doubles as their… — Dallas Louis Copy Share Image
When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We mourn; we sorrow for our loved ones that go - our wives, our husbands, our children, our parents; we sorrow for… — Francis M. Lyman Copy Share Image
Even when I speak English to my parents, I'll say an English word differently to my Chinese parents and friends than I… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
“His people or Loretta? His mother’s and father’s faces flashed in his mind. Then others crowded in, Blackbird, Pony Girl, Turtle, Warrior,… — Catherine Anderson Copy Share Image
“He broke off his explanation, seeing in his daughter's eyes the exact moment that a child first understands there are limits on… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
What you can say, what French parents say to their kids is, 'You don't have to eat everything, honey, you just have… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
“We were very much a reading family, but we were a borrow-a-book-from-the-library family more than a bookshelves-full-of-books family. My parents valued books,… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
The male is just a bundle of conditioned reflexes, is incapable of a mentally free response, is tied to his early conditioning,… — Valerie Solanas Copy Share Image
“Life changes so quickly. Not long ago I was mourning the death of my parents and wondering if I could make it… — Amy Plum Copy Share Image
The myth that men are the economic providers and women, mainly, are mothers and care givers in the family has now been… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
“If my Father says something about me, even if I cannot see it yet, I can rest assured it is so .… — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
“Who else knows about this besides us?” “Just Patti...” “Okay. That should be okay. Is that it?” “And Kaidan,” I added. My… — Wendy Higgins Copy Share Image
“It's idiotic, it's crazy. If you die and then you're just nothing, there isn't any point to anything. Why do we live… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Tiffany got up early and lit the fires. When her mother came down, she was scrubbing the kitchen floor, very hard. “Er…aren’t… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Father Col, an intrepid defender of the Faith during the French Revolution and the pastor of Bourg-d'Oisans where these good people were… — Peter Julian Eymard Copy Share Image
“Jace shrugged and looked at the floor. He wanted to leave. He couldn’t do this with her mother in the house, especially… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
“By educating me at home, my parents were able to give me individualized attention without the usual distractions that kids in regular… — Colin Nissan Copy Share Image
“Francesca actually felt her chin drop. “Mother,” she said, shaking her head, “you really should have stopped at seven.” “Children, you mean?”… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I'm sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“He, although he received no symbols and types of high priesthood from any one, although he was not born of a race… — Eusebius of Caesarea Copy Share Image
“My God,” she says. “I feel like I’ve gone through a car wash.” I laugh, or force myself to, because it’s not… — Kaui Hart Hemmings Copy Share Image
Being a father has been, without a doubt, my greatest source of achievement, pride and inspiration. Fatherhood has taught me about unconditional… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
The summer before my third year of law school, I worked at a law firm in Washington, D.C. I turned 25 that… — Deval Patrick Copy Share Image
To be a good father and mother requires that the parents defer many of their own needs and desires in favor of… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“Many people experience a similar fundamental shift in thinking when they face a life-threatening crisis and suddenly see their priorities in a… — Stephen R. Covey Copy Share Image