I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.
My father had a dairy farm. He employed three black families and one white family, and I used to play with black children.
In our country today, very few children are raised to believe that their principal destiny is to serve their family, their country, or God.
I would love four children because I have a very small family, so I want those big Thanksgiving dinners.
I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.
All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave owners.
My family is Anglo-Indian, and of the four children, I'm the only one who wasn't born in India.
No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.
For rich children, it'd be very easy and convenient never to take any steps to build an identity outside of your association with your family's wealth.
When you have children, you don't have downtime, but I have a family life that is rich and fulfiling.
Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family.
Global health issues remind us - perhaps more than any other issue - that we are all children of the same extended family.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn.
I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.
I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.
You can't help but have your children and your family be part of what you dream about when you dream up a song.
I have failed to continue to set an example for a secure, loving family unit as an example for our children. That is the reality of it. There is no way of getting around it.
If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.
If you're financially responsible, your children have a much better chance to grow up financially responsible.
When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.
