The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.
I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and spiritual woman.
I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.
Not hippie - my parents were not hippies - but they were very supportive and encouraging, and that does a lot for someone, and it gives them a lot of confidence.
My kids have played soccer and baseball and basketball, and the parents who come to games are always saying and doing things that are just wildly inappropriate.
I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.
My parents, stupidly, always let me go downtown. This was pre-pager, even. It made me adventurous. I think it makes you tough.
My parents felt that acting was far too insecure. Don't ask me what made them think that painting would be more secure.
My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten.
I grew up with both my parents around me at all times, but my kids are not knowing who I am half the time.
As individuals, we are shaped by story from the time of birth; we are formed by what we are told by our parents, our teachers, our intimates.
Midwest kids got to summer camp. There is something very special about being away from your parents for the first time, sleeping under the stars, hiking and canoeing.
Growing up, I never heard my parents curse, never. The first time I ever said a curse word was with my sister Kim.
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing I remember is the town in Mississippi that I live in now, Charleston.
It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.
If you are close to your parents or a grandparent, you watch as they get old and you learn so much from that, and it makes you want to learn more while you have time.
By the time I was 10 or 12, I had discovered the lure of the romance genre - and the dusty copy of 'The Thorn Birds' on my parents' bookshelf.
I'm still Vanessa from the neighborhood. My parents own the shop, and I'm there all the time, that I worked in when I was a teenager. I have a child from my childhood sweetheart.
Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them.
Nick Dunne: Your parents literally plagiarized your childhood? Amy Dunne: No, they improved upon it, and then peddled it to the masses.
John Creasy: Pita's parents are away in Juarez. I was... Sister Anna: Today, you are her father.
