Parent Quotes - Page 84

Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.

Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness.

I was an only child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and background to transcend I had everything an artist could possibly want. It was practically a blueprint.

By providing cheap and wholesome reading for the young, we have partly succeeded in driving from the field that which was positively bad; yet nothing is easier than to overdo a reformation, and, through the characteristic indulgence of American parents, children are drugged with a literature whose chief merit is its harmlessness.

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line.

Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot.

The only marriage I've observed for any length of time is my parents - 35 years. I asked my pop, I go, 'Pop, 35 years - what do you hope for?' He's like, 'I hope you die first.'

I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'

What we love, we protect. This story will delight children and parents alike, who care for what they love.

In those days contests were extremely rough and frequently cost the participants their lives. Thus, whenever I sallied forth to take part in any of those affairs, I invariably bade farewell to my parents, since I had no assurance that I should ever return alive.

My father's wit, and my mother's tongue, assist me!

Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them. Obviously, because it is more salient, you know? We might like going to the movies, and of course we like music too, but when the eyes don't work then the ears pick up slack. Music is all the sweeter at that point.

A man can be a parent without knowing it: a woman cannot.

In practicing the art of parenthood, an ounce of example is worth a ton of preachment.

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent.

I used humor to avoid being picked on as a kid. Or I would try and make my parents laugh, so I wouldn't get in trouble. But as a kid, I would watch Flip Wilson and I would memorize his whole routine, listen to Bill Cosby's records constantly, Steve Martin, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball. I just drank that stuff up and loved it.

Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

We are more than we imagine ourselves to be. It's what we tell our children, our parents, our friends. But how often do we tell it to ourselves? And if we do, how often do we prove it? How often do we challenge ourselves to do something new?

You learn so much from your parents. We grew up in a home where we were definitely taught to be confident. I definitely give me parents a lot of credit.

I was always brought up to believe in Him [God], and to behave in certain ways. That is what my parents taught me and I always trust my parents. They have great values.

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

Parents typically don't talk to each other about their goals and attitudes to parenting but this type of conversation could be very useful for helping parents become clearer about the things that are important to them.

Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children.