My parents aren't crazy conservative. They're actually pretty open-minded. But my grandparents are, and where I'm from, East Texas, is the Bible Belt.
I think that parents grow up with an idea of what they want their kids to be like - and then their kids grow up to be people of themselves, of their own.
We've been finding that when you empower engineers, scientists, and coders, they respond by creating new tools to empower physicians, patients, and parents.
I think when you're 14 years old, I think you're sort of looking for markers that prove you're an adult and you're independent of your parents.
My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through.
You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.
Most kids will not volunteer to eat veggies. At times you must step up to the plate and enforce the rule of authority as a parent.
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.
First no tooth fairy then no santa and no god and then your parents are only human your government is corrupt and the universe is a hologram.
I mean, when you grow up in the inner city and you grow up in a single-parent household, that's - those are humbling times, you know?
I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.
Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.
I am my parents' daughter, and I always want to be. But I first wanted to make sure that I was standing on my own two feet.
I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively.
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
Most important jobs of a parent: unconditional love, comfort and protection, and a solid platform and values for future success
O.K., helplessness is repugnant to me, as a father, as a piece of protoplasm. My parents were activists. I don't believe you can't do anything.
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.
I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.
