Parent Quote by Polly Berrien Berends

When I had my first child, I was too embarrassed to tell a single soul that I wasn't the over-the-moon, picture-perfect new mother I…

— Stephanie Ruhle

The image I'd had of myself as a child was someone I'd never be, and it was only recently that I realized it was…

— Jeaniene Frost

Picture the moment when your mom and dad first saw you as something other than a pretty, tiny version of them. You as them,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made…

— Ani DiFranco

My mom made me look in the mirror every day and say three things that I loved about myself. At first, I couldn't name…

— Lauren Alaina

I was born an ugly duckling due to my mother's ill health. She wasn't supposed to be pregnant, there were all kinds of complications,…

— Bernie Siegel

Whether it was making my bed or making a movie, my mother and father never hesitated to say how proud they were of me,…

— Reese Witherspoon

You know, as an only child, you're kind of in a bubble, and there are all sorts of things about my childhood that I…

— Anonymous

When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, 'You are going to college.' And that was a…

— Jada Pinkett Smith

Kids growing up today will have what I never did growing up, which is somebody across that screen reflecting who they are, and showing…

— Simu Liu

Parents were never right about anything --- until I became a parent

— Rebecca Smith

I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt for my…

— Jules Feiffer