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Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are?
Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.
I definitely had creative people around me, but my parents were more just very encouraging.
My parents didn't raise me to be a professional player. They raised me to be a good person.
I think that once you become a parent, you cease to think of yourself as a hero or heroine.
Being a parent is a weird juggling act - and nobody does it right. Everybody does it wrong.
And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.
When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.
Children can be harsh judges when it comes to their parents, disinclined to grant clemency.
Losing my parents was probably the hardest and deepest blow from which I've had to recover.
I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.
My parents raised me right, so I always open doors for people and try to have good manners.
I can pick a lock. How do you think I got into my parents' liquor cabinet in middle school?
I'm really fortunate. I grew up in a wonderful household with great Irish Catholic parents.
When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.
As you get older you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.
Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.
Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.
The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.
What's great is my parents aren't stuck in the '60s. My dad is so into the culture of today.
All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew.
We could improve worldwide mental health if we acknowledged that parents can make you crazy.
When family relations are no longer harmonious, we have filial children and devoted parents.
My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.
I think one of the things when you're casting children is you're also casting their parents.
Parents who wonder where the younger generation is going should remember where it came from.
My parents never said I had to be 16 to date, but that has been the rule for all my friends.
My parents have one rule for me: I can't do any of this if I have any C's on my report card.
I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined
Life and the universe compare to each other like a child and a parent, parent and offspring.
I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.
I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
Stop sharing your dreams with people who try to hold you back, even if they're your parents.
Parents are indeed capable of routinely torturing their children without anyone interceding.
My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.
Parents can really help, but they can also really hinder the development of their youngsters.
My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.
I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.
Our children are our sequels. Our parents are our prequels. All living beings are our equals.
The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children.
Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.
Parents should not let kids listen to my music if it's offensive. I wrote these songs for me.
I like to remind myself, as a parent, that God holds me responsible to, not for, my children!
Other kids would take their parents to the toy store and I'd take my mom to the record store.
I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid-back.
There are books... which rank in our life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences.
You grow up to become living proof of your parents' limitations. Their less-than masterpiece.
Great teachers will never be able to make up for bad parents, nor should they be expected to.
We are no longer inheriting the Earth from our parents, we are stealing it from our children.