I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech.
If there's anything worse than being 16, it's having parents visibly reliving their own teenage years in your anguished presence.
A woman always has her man, but the man unconsciously leans on his roots, his heritage. He feels like an orphan without his parents.
When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.
I think everybody gets bullied in their own way. Even athletes probably get it from their parents. To a degree everybody gets bullied.
I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.
My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.
My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a different accent but has a totally different view of the world.
Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books.
Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.
All teenagers want to rebel a little and break away. But I think you are always going to want to go back to your parents for that safety they provide.
God sends Children, Parents help them grow up. Teachers teach students, An academy makes them Professionals.
The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.
Every person will become three time child in their life. One when they are child, Second when they become parents and third when they become grandparents. It's never be gone.
My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano or horse riding.
My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.
There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child.
Parents are perhaps the most common object of resentment, the people who are most frequently blamed for all our failings and failures alike.
There's a big difference between being privileged and being spoilt. My parents always said, 'Spoilt means ruined, and you're not ruined, just incredibly fortunate.'
I want to thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities.
