Parenting Quote by Sara Zarr

“When I got back home I told my grandmother everything, detail by detail, and she savored it. I had been to the old country.…

— Michael W. Twitty

“I could feel the hard part of Mom very strongly that time. It was like a stone in her that grew bigger every time…

— Kaimana Wolff

“admit it to her dad, who would just take what she said at face value, rather than her mother, who would listen too intently…

— Liane Moriarty

“Drawing a deep breath, she took control of her fear. She was a commander’s child. Her father had been born in poverty and had…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“Her parents loved her, there was no question of that, but their love was the sort that filled her suitcase with colors and kept…

— Seanan McGuire

“I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.”

— Laura Whitcomb

“She brushed the tears from their faces and sang them a melancholy lullaby. Her obvious devotion to her daughters pulled at my heart strings,…

— A.B. Shepherd

“Unlike Dad, she'd always known just the right things to say, and her words felt like bandages or spurs or even ledges, instead of…

— Courtney Alameda

“I see the look on her face that says nothing can happen to her if she's holding on to her dad. It kills me…

— Melina Marchetta

“She loved our dad in the inexplicable way that young women sometimes idolize men who greet their affection with casual indifference.”

— Daiva Markelis

“It killed me that one of the hardest parts of being a mom was sometimes dealing with other moms. The judgments, the looks, the…

— Bunmi Laditan

“According to Aunt Jolene, she was so young.  Having a baby was overwhelming.  My dad bailed on her.  She was lost and went wild.”

— Chelsea Camaron