Parenting Quote by Donald Barthelme

“A man who is raised by a misogynistic father can absorb his father's contempt for women very early in life. The boy learns that…

— Susan Forward

“Black Fatherhood is an incomparable gift to Black men that truly comprehend what it means to be called dad, daddy, father, or pops. What…

— Stephanie Lahart

“Sometimes, mothers, so conditioned to be all and do all, are complicit in diminishing the role of fathers.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“He certainly had far more colorful language than any “father” he’d ever known.  Even his actual father had never strung together the kind of…

— Brian Harmon

“Do not try to be your father boy, it is a hopeless pursuit, particularly when you, like I, have a father of such colossal…

— A. H. Septimius

Fathers have a special excitement about them that babies find intriguing. At this time in his life an infant counts on his motherfor rootedness…

— Louise J. Kaplan

“What your father never understood, is that what he loved most about her was her unbridled love and freedom to live her own life.…

— RJ Blizzard

“There is nothing wrong in finding the shortcomings of your father, if you want to be a better father for your son!”

— Fahad Basheer

“Well, he's handsome and rich and you're living in his house, borrowing his boat. You're his— He's your—" he still couldn't say it. Saying…

— Camlia Waite

Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.

— Salman Rushdie

“Striving to meet my father's expectations is like climbing out of quicksand: the harder I try to get to the top, the more I'm…

— Lac Su