Quotes of: Parental Keyword

Maybe there are logical reasons for a gay person not to have a great relationship with their parents - not because there's a parent who made him gay, but just because it may be difficult to understand everything.

BD Wong

It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.

Anthony Edwards

I can remember my sister and me volunteering for Nixon. My parents liked him. I liked my parents. So I figured he was good.

Douglas McGrath

Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes.

Steve Schirripa

We learn much of parenting from our own parents. My love for my father deepened profoundly when he was kind, patient, and understanding.

James E. Faust

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

Dirk Benedict

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

George Will

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.

Anthony Powell

The real questions for parents should be: "Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?" If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and ...

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Parents can give their children everything except good luck.

Yiddish

Self-esteem wasn't the issue for my parents or their parents. Survival was their primary goal.

In the Company of My Sisters

Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent.

The Descendants

A stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY

Danny the Champion of the World

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Never compare your grief. You - and only you walk your path.

Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple

My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.

Ed Sheeran

friend is someone you can trust and admits you whatever you are

Mom, I'm Pregnant: A Parent's Guide to the Pregnant Teen

Potential is not an endpoint but a capacity to grow and learn.

Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child's True Potential

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.

The Shell Seekers

You know what, Michael? I think this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship of loathing.

Proud Parents Blog

You can’t help who your parents are or aren’t. My parents aren’t—they don’t exist and have never existed.

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