My parents wanted me to be a doctor, and they weren't very happy at the idea of me choosing acting as a… — Caterina Murino Copy Share Image
I took part in plays in school and college, and that is when I realised this is what I wanted to do.… — Kiara Advani 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
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
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
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
“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
Many children fully realize their parents see them as astonishing creatures and incorporate that into their daily presentations. That is, they throw… — Bill O'Reilly 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
For my seventh birthday, my parents gave me a plain, unfinished wooden dollhouse. It had six empty rooms, two floors, a staircase,… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
“It's not that parents love their children less than in generations past. It's that they no longer receive consistent societal support for… — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
I knew I had a remarkable voice, but I was embarrassed because it was so high. But when I sang at my… — Neil Sedaka Copy Share Image
It is our genetic nature as a species to believe as young children that our parents and elders are right. We watch… — Jean Liedloff 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
...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
I don't believe that children can develop in a healthy way unless they feel that they have value apart from anything they… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
A "snapshot" feature in USA Today listed the five greatest concerns parents and teachers had about children in the '50s: talking out… — Mary Blakely Copy Share Image
In the end, auditioning was a big deal. It was a long trip for us. I had to take off school and… — Danny Lloyd Copy Share Image
“So, how did everything work out in the end? How did your parents deal with the subterfugery?” He looks behind us cautiously… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
The fact is that our kids aren't reading books - or frankly, much of anything lately. Schools are under funded, some schools… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
Our household in southeastern Sierra Leone, West Africa, was not typical. First, my parents married for love and my father refused to… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
Every piece of remotely responsible research that has been done in the last 20 years on this issue has shown there is… — Mary Cheney Copy Share Image
At a certain age your parents seem like the most embarrassing thing on the whole entire planet, and you want to be… — Vanessa Hudgens Copy Share Image
“Our parents are not the only people on this planet, and we should not base our life choices on what they want… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
As a first-generation American, my parents expected that I would go on to have pretty tactical higher-education-type jobs - doctor, lawyer, engineer.… — Bozoma Saint John Copy Share Image
Clearly this is a tough economic time, and a lot of families are hurting. So when we talk to parents, we talk… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
I think the single most important question is how do you maximize the number of children who grow up in stable two-parent… — David Frum Copy Share Image
“You know, nothing is stronger than blood bonds. What else is the reason for the success of life insurance policies? Why bother… — Abhaidev Copy Share Image
I honestly felt no envy or resentment, only astonishment at how much of a world there was out there and how much… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Don't stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go… — Peggy O'Mara Copy Share Image
It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
I think it's helpful for kids to know that their parents weren't perfect, that they messed up and learned from their mistakes.… — Emily Yoffe Copy Share Image
“Church has believed that parents probably wont' assume responsibility for their own children's growth, so they have tried to become a parent… — Reggie Joiner Copy Share Image
“When the norms associated with race take on a static and determining quality, they can be very difficult to undermine. Students who… — Pedro A. Noguera Copy Share Image
So often we think, well, kids learn to read at school, I don't have to be responsible for that. But in fact… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you're lucky enough to have a Black friend who has tolerated your racist parents while you turned a blind eye to… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
I hate when parents write quotes about how much they love their kids, how they would do anything for their kids, they… — Christina Love Copy Share Image
Some people say that parents don't matter, and that's not true at all. The irony is that we pay attention to all… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
Parents give you 'unconditional love' and 'unconditional monetary support' since our birth… What difficulties they went through to keep us happy and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was eight, my parents saved up to send me to private school, but I found it so tough that I… — Peter Jones Copy Share Image
