“Peer relationships are safest when they are the natural offspring of attachments with the parents.” — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
A girl's father is the first man in her life, and probably the most influential. — David Jeremiah Copy Share Image
The family of my mother had a lot of money; the family of my father, nothing. — Charo Copy Share Image
Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me. — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
“I'm so cool that the kids come to my bedroom and go, 'Mom! Turn the music down!” — Melissa Etheridge Copy Share Image
My mother wanted me to take piano lessons, but I never wanted to, because that is something you have to learn, like… — Ryo Kawasaki Copy Share Image
I cohabited for 20 years with my longtime husband and father of my two now-teen daughters in a stable family household. — Sandra Tsing Loh Copy Share Image
I was with him, coincidentally, on the evening in 1979 when they had buried John Wayne. My father cried like a baby… — Frank Sinatra Jr Copy Share Image
“I fiercely harbor the hunch that you can sit on concrete, smoke a pack of cigarettes, get liquored up, and still someday… — A.K. Turner Copy Share Image
There's only one way kids will wear helmets, and that's if their parents are nagging them to. They will never wear helmets… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
My parents were not poor, I mean we were a very average middle-class family of academics, but my grandfather happened to have… — Abhijit Banerjee Copy Share Image
If my parents didn't come to Canada in the '70s, I probably wouldn't be living my dream to be a WWE superstar. — Sami Zayn Copy Share Image
Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community.… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
“For those readers who are Boomers, or have parents or grandparents who are Boomers, it may be of small comfort that this… — Bruce Cannon Gibney Copy Share Image
“The death of a parent, he wrote, 'despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
If God is Mother, then we need only gather together with people and adore her through rituals intended to satisfy the female… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“As children, Other-blamers were likely exposed to developmental or attachment trauma, such as abusive, shaming, rejecting, or neglectful parenting. Parents who are… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
I never saw a distinction between a man and a woman. My grandparents and my mother were great examples of men and… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
“It was awful luck that my pot-hobbled spermatozoa had managed to rally themselves for one last mad fallopian adventure, and that five… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“The only other consistent thing in Billy’s life was his father. Billy didn’t call him that though. He’d always called him Pop.… — Jesse James Freeman Copy Share Image
My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him. — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
My entire family are in music and my father was a classical singer, teacher and composer. — Kumar Sanu Copy Share Image
I have a very non-existent, dysfunctional relationship with my biological mother. — Antoni Porowski Copy Share Image
I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Parents. Honestly. Sometimes they really do think the world revolves around them. — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
I'm no parenting guru. I suppose you just take everyday as it comes and do what you think is best. — Spencer Matthews Copy Share Image
My father and brother always forced me to work out, and I never liked doing it. — Bobby Deol Copy Share Image
My parents were founders of the Cuban Communist Party, and I grew up extremely poor. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
“In the weeks between my father's visit and Cal's death, I hurt my friend in ways that frightened me.” — Amber Dermont Copy Share Image
Without parents, you sort of lose the gravity that keeps your feet on the earth. — Howard Lutnick Copy Share Image
Communicating w/kids, its a 2 way street, sometimes they just need us to be there for them & listen. — Kevin Heath Copy Share Image
My father had a great legacy and implemented important policies for Canada. — Caroline Mulroney Copy Share Image
“But enemies, as his mother used to say, are the price of success.” — Joe Abercrombie Copy Share Image
