My parents lived, breathed, ate and slept theatre. Emotions were right on the surface. Growing up, the unreal had as much importance as the real.
I mean, I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them.
Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication.
It's easy for parents to pull the strings that make one dance...after all, they are the ones who tied those strings in the first place
I was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, and the whole lifestyle revolves around the beach. My parents met surfing, and the beach was a major part of our daily lives.
Everybody gets sick; everybody has had a problem with insurance or the prescription drugs they're supposed to be taking or an elderly parent who needs care.
I can be described as many things, but no description of me is complete without saying 'Englishman.' My parents were from Liverpool and emigrated to Canada before I was born.
When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they’re not really concerned about him; they’re concerned about their daughter’s tummy.
No matter how long the preparation, you will never feel ready to write an exam, to start a business, to be parent or even to die. Just go for it.
I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis!
My ex-girlfriend said to me, 'I'm surprised at how normal you are since you were homeschooled.' But I was only homeschooled because I wanted to be an actor. My parents are both teachers.
Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate.
One of the greatest gifts a parent can give a child is to help them find their talents.
There were only two other Chinese families in this town of 25,000, but to our parents, the determining factor was the quality of the public school system.
As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.
About 1900 my parents came to the United States as children from what was then the Polish area of Russia.
Being a parent is the hardest thing in the world... the psychological toll it takes on you because these lives are in your hands. I take it very seriously.
The journey into adoption started for my parents, as it does with so many families: my mother and father desperately wanted to have kids, but they couldn't.
I was a very curious person because of my parents. They encouraged me to be as curious about as many things as I wanted.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.
I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents!
