One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you.
When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy.
It's different today than it was then. In those days we were strictly amateurs. If I had wanted to stay in for the '80 Olympics, my parents couldn't have afforded it.
When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.
My parents always taught me that my day job would never make me rich; it'd be my homework.
I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married.
I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full of people.
My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.
Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
My parents would always say, 'It doesnt' matter if it's a guy picking up the garbage or the President of the United States, treat everybody as you would want to be treated.
I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.
In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
Since the conception of our country, America has held that parents, not schools, teachers, and certainly not courts, hold the primary responsibility of educating their children.
Cool parents, I thought, are the ones who know nothing. It made me feel a little sad for mine, but I didn't say any of this.
As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that the real world has teeth
I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.
I have three sons, a husband, parents, and I'll fight and get angry, but what is very important that I have found as I've matured, is that I have to move on.
I am a father, and I know the feel of being a father. Why wouldn't I want my gay friends to also be happy parents?
As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity.
Too many people have been analyzing their pasts, their childhoods, their memories, their parents, and realizing that it doesn't do anything-or that it doesn't do enough.
I think some parents think, 'Oh, having kids is so beautiful; I want others to feel the joy I do.'
