Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.
I did everything in my power to give my brokers brand identity and clout in the market. I saw my job as parent to build them up and if I took care of them, then they would take care of their customer.
It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.
Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.
My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician.
Athletes, coaches and parents today are increasingly aware of the danger of concussion, and this awareness influences decisions about buying new and reconditioned football helmets.
Never before have humans been so ambitious, have they thought that they could be much more than their parents were.
Parents must try to be, or at least put forth their best efforts to be, what they wish [their] children to be. It is impossible for you to be an example of what you are not.
What the world really needs is courageous parenting from mothers and fathers who are not afraid to speak up and take a stand.
When I say to a parent, 'read to a child,' I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to sound like chocolate.
My parents told me that children were taken from their families in 1941, and my mother had a child taken from her - with the goal of saving him.
I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system.
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.
To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.
I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
When there is no job related stress, you are more aware of your mate and children, if you are a parent.
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.
One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another.
When you have controversial parents, people have expectations about you. If every day at work I thought to myself, 'How does this relate to them?' I'd be paralyzed.
