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The entertainment industry is encouraging young people to defy and deceive their parents.
One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.
Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.
When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat.
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it.
Parents do not, indeed, live by bread alone. We feast daily on banquets of our own words.
I never had any question that my parents loved me. I had a real sense of self confidence.
We see kids out there on their parent's shoulders rocking out. And that's really special.
Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.
Parents are the most likely to be victims of the violence of their mentally ill children.
Does any new parent, even if you're not a first-time parent, ever really know what to do?
I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.
Between children and parents there is a difficulty of seeing each other simply as people.
Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.
Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.
Having a parent live with you under the best of circumstances can be a terrible stressor.
Parents must have the courage to say no, to defend truth, and to bear powerful testimony.
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
That's why school was invented - to give your parents some peace and quiet during the day.
There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.
My parents had always been so careful with me, until the day they decided I needed to die.
So what are we given? We're also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.
I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
I've always felt lucky because my parents included my sister and I in their cultural life.
When my parents got divorced, there was a custody fight over me. ... and no one showed up.
You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.
There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.
The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.
Sometimes I laugh with my parents, and sometimes I yell at them, and both are therapeutic.
Playing with my grandfather, grandmother and my parents, I came to music pretty naturally.
Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors.
Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons.
You have to be grown up, really grown up, not merely in years, to understand your parents.
The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.
The best thing I probably do is - I'll say I'm a pretty darn good parent. I got good kids.
My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature.
Don't go to summer camp. Bury your parents in the backyard and have the place to yourself.
I don't want to rip families apart. I don't want to be sending parents away from children.
My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.
Part of why you love your parents is because they loved you first. Brands need to do that.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
You could say singing is in our genes. Both our parents sang and made up songs constantly.
My parents didn't like me. For bathtub toys they gave me a blender and a transistor radio.
What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it.
If you're not a parent, if you're an aunt or uncle or neighbor, books are an amazing gift.
My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.
I was always unlawful; I broke the law when I was born because my parents weren't married.
I always loved music. You know, my parents said I started singing when I was 4, in the car.
For parents to restrain the inclinations of their children in marriage is an usurped power.