I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting. — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to… — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations as all other earthly causes combined. — John Stevens Cabot Abbott Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to the greats of the '80s and, thanks to my parents, the '70s - the Doobie Brothers, Stevie… — Jordan Fisher Copy Share Image
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
When I first came to Southern California I enrolled at UCLA in pre-med. My fathers a doctor. But the sight of blood… — Barbi Benton Copy Share Image
My mum had me brought up by nannies and governesses. I didn't have much to do with my parents until I was 21. — Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Copy Share Image
“Tonight his father had caught up, carrying all the horrors of hell with him. His mother could no longer protect him—hide him—and… — Amanda M. Lyons Copy Share Image
Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
You've got all these parents who are projecting their pathologies of fear onto their kids and those kids are understandably messed up.… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
Mothers are not the nameless, faceless stereotypes who appear once a year on a greeting card with their virtues set to prose,… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
“They behave towards their therapists as they perceive themselves to have been treated by their absent parents. They make their therapists feel… — Ved P. Varma Copy Share Image
“The strange fact that out of millions of people in the world, your mother and father met and decided to get married… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
Sometimes we try to satisfy our parents, teachers, spouses and peers by walking a particular path in spite of the fact that… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
Part of being a teenager/kid is listening to your parents. Because everything that they do for you and tell you to do… — One Who Does Not Wish To Be Named Copy Share Image
My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is… — Emilia Clarke Copy Share Image
We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind… — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
“As I reflect on all my friends and colleagues in my life on this special occasion... Mother is only half the word… — Mark W Boyer Copy Share Image
We felt often that we were perceived as mothers trying to be lawyers, while a male colleague of ours who had a… — Anne C Weisberg Copy Share Image
The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“I thought of the bowl of water my mother taught me to look into. It was true, everything a person ever needed… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Fathers do as they wish with their children. They break their hearts if it suits them, as easily as they would wring… — Barbara Willard Copy Share Image
All my friends went to the Madonna concert when I was in, maybe, the 9th grade, and my mother refused to let… — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
“There are many things for which I owe gratitude to my dad. Most of all, I am grateful to the only man… — Ron Mayes Copy Share Image
May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every… — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
“I sometimes have the feeling that her entire life was merely a continuation of her mother's, much as the course of a… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“I wonder who my father is when he isn't just my dad, the guy who helps me with my math homework...He is… — Olivia Birdsall Copy Share Image
Father may show he is hard and strict but actually he has a very soft heart for his daughter. daughter is always… — Angel Megha Copy Share Image
I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and every day. — Steven Cojocaru Copy Share Image
A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it… — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
“She has us, I know, but for all people talk about friends as being the same as family, I know that, really,… — Nina LaCour, Everything Leads to You Copy Share Image
I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
If anyone has to leave their homeland by boat, they all have difficult stories. But my parents had a difficult journey, and… — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
Touch is the mother of the senses. Not only are women more sensitive when they touch, but they're also more sensitive to… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
“Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God’s gifts. It is the… — Erik Brynjolfsson 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
Some of the material in 'Peep Show' I wouldn't sit down and watch with even my parents, who are not easily offended. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor… — Michelle Carter Copy Share Image
