As a child, I was spoilt by my parents as an only son. They indulged my every whim, and I grew up in luxury.
My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
My parents leaving a third world country to a first world country and building from nothing - that's really inspiring to me and it's influenced me in a positive way.
Being a parent is like being a catcher. You gotta handle whatever is thrown your way.
That's the thing about parents, I'm beginning to realize. You don't have to see them all that much to imitate them.
Parents are the most precious gift given by the god. We should take care of it.
I was very lucky. My parents raised me in such a way that it never occurred to me that I wasn't equal.
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college,
But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.
Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.
People ask if my parents are hippies, but they're actually very conservative. A girl called Rebel sang at their wedding, and that's where my name came from.
My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.
To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not expect to be treated with kid gloves.
More people seem to know the Van der Graaf Generator material than my solo work - thanks, I suppose, to their parents' lingering vinyl collections.
For me, I grew up in a house doing charity work for homeless people, and my parents had a lot of homeless friends. We were always taught to not discriminate and not judge.
My parents had always preached the virtues of hard work. But hard work is one thing; economic struggle is another.
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