Tradionally, parents made decisions for a child, because presumably they are looking out for his or her best interests. But if they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
I know the world is pretty intense, but in my opinion, there's nothing more perilous than being a teenager and watching a… — Phoebe Robinson Copy Share Image
Often parents communicate most effectively with their children by the way they listen to and address each other. Their conversations showing gentleness… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
I was raised to be kind. My parents were underdogs. Immigrant Jews. I spoke with an accent. I didn't speak English even… — Saul Rubinek Copy Share Image
My parents were dead set against my becoming a professional performer before I finished college. They felt the most important thing a… — Joey Heatherton Copy Share Image
We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children… — Marc Forne Molne Copy Share Image
My parents wanted me to be a teacher. Because I could work most of the year and pursue the things that I… — Kate Micucci Copy Share Image
I have to object to this notion that children form their sexuality and their sexual identity from their parents. The truth is… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
“But it was my parents I longed for mostly. I wanted to be a little girl again and cuddle into them, wriggling… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the… — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
My parents find me hilarious. They don't pull me up for anything because I'm a good daughter. I stay at home, don't… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
We do not raise our children alone… Our children are also raised by every peer, institution, and family with which they come… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
...as parents, we have to find the time and the energy to step in and help our children love reading. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We want to raise the children the parents aren't raising. I think we want to press individuality on people, though that doesn't… — Twiggy Copy Share Image
“Some times we think we have nthin to earn. Bt in dis situation 1 thing must remember by everyone - if we… — ravi nawandhar Copy Share Image
I trust parents to make the best choices for their individual children. In the Senate, I will fight for their right to… — Katie Britt Copy Share Image
I'm not really a musical family, like none of my sisters or my parents sing or play anything, but they're all very… — Ruel Copy Share Image
When your parents advice you not to do something is it not because they hate you or they want you to suffer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everybody has parents. As a dramatist, whenever you write a character, you must write their parents as well, even if the parents… — Mark O'Donnell Copy Share Image
My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected… — Lee Mack Copy Share Image
My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating… — Mark Kennedy Copy Share Image
Parents give you life, love, and protection give them back love, respect but don't try to do the impossible by trying to… — AmyD Copy Share Image
My parents were interested in history and the world. My father read Graham Greene and Georges Simenon and was a strong trade… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
How parents interact with each child as he or she enters the family circle determines in great part that child's final destiny. — Kevin Leman Copy Share Image
You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
“As long as the acquisition of knowledge is rendered habitually repugnant, so long will there be a prevailing tendency to discontinue it… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university… — Archie Panjabi Copy Share Image
There does seem to be a higher educational level in parents of autistic youngsters, and I guess that's something that we need… — Darold Treffert Copy Share Image
People didn't seem able to consider that maybe both were true. OK, I was born to white parents, but maybe I had… — Rachel Dolezal Copy Share Image
I would actually like to establish myself as an actor first because both my parents are powerful and strong actors so, I… — Akshara Haasan Copy Share Image
I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
I have real good parents. They poor. They have regular, poor jobs and what not. They real good people and what not;… — Cardi B Copy Share Image
I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets… — Shane Koyczan Copy Share Image
While many parents feel understandably aggrieved at the higher cost of hotels and flights the moment school holidays start, I'm afraid that's… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image
My parents are Jamaican immigrants and both have a multiracial background. They're Jamaican but my genetic makeup is West African, European, Asian. — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
I think my parents knew before I did that I was going to be an actress, because I was doing impressions of… — Michelle Dockery Copy Share Image
I am opposed to the idea of a child growing up with two gay parents. A child needs a mother and a… — Stefano Gabbana Copy Share Image
