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When I was 16, I got 'Jamon, Jamon.' Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie to my parents about the content of the script.
With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents are their most important role models.
I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'
I have no tattoos at all - it was a huge undertaking for me in the '80s to let my parents know I was piercing my ear when I did 'L.A. Law.'
All parents all over the world want their children to lead a better life than themselves, but they need to believe that change is possible.
I've always felt misunderstood. Growing up, it's been my word against the teachers' or my parents' word, and nobody would ever listen to me.
I love cooking. It's one of my favorite things to do. To share my parents' recipes that I grew up with is just something very special to me.
To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.
I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.
Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.
My parents always told me that if you want something, you can do whatever you have to do to get it. As long as it's not against someone else.
I made odd noises as a child. Just did weird things, like turn off light switches twice. I think my parents thought I had Tourette's syndrome.
This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.
I looked up to my parents because they were very successful in what they wanted to do. I was lucky; I didn't have to look far for role models.
My parents are my role models. All they've done for me, they're just major people in my life. They've stood by me and got me where I am today.
When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.
I've always wanted to be in comedy... growing up with Asian parents and not seeing yourself represented in media - it was always just a daydream.
My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.
My parents would say to me, 'You can teach yourself anything better than someone else can teach it to you.' That was the whole ethos of my family.
When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around screaming I was told to shut up.
Both of my parents got to see me host Carson, thank God. That's all anyone wants: to have their parents see they're going to be all right in life.
My parents are Jamaican immigrants and both have a multiracial background. They're Jamaican but my genetic makeup is West African, European, Asian.
Lego for many parents is the antithesis of the high tech world. We are desperate to wean our little ones away from the tablets and into the bricks.
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.
I had parents who instilled in me the importance of love, morals and hard work. I give God all the glory because he has brought me through so much.
My parents worked their tails off, but we weren't the poorest people in town. Some people I went to school with, you could tell they were dirt poor.
Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.
I tell all kids and the girls growing up that you control your own life, you control your destiny - not where you're born, not who your parents are.
I was an only child and was obviously really bored, so I would entertain my parents by imitating cartoon voices like Scooby Doo, Boo Boo and others.
My parents didn't want me to do this. My dad, when I told him I wanted to wrestle, he told me no, if you're going to play any sports, play baseball.
It's more responsibility for star kids. Instead of having things easy, expectation is higher. They are compared to their parents, and that's unfair.
We need to encourage innovative ideas that give parents better alternatives to prepare children for higher education and for the jobs of the future.
Which girl doesn't see the bank balance of the guy she is marrying? Not only the girl - even her parents want her to marry a financially secure guy.
I was born in St. Lucia on January 23, 1915. My parents, who were both school teachers, had immigrated there from Antigua about a dozen years before.
When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.
The most influential people in my life are deceased. These include my parents, George Dunne, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., my minister in college.
Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.
It's like my parents' musical tastes are the mother and father of my music. It's their fault for making me so emotional and in tune with my emotions!
I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.
When I first came to Seoul to start model work, I felt bad asking for financial support from my parents, so I lived in the sauna for about six months.
As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving.
I spent my summers in a war zone because my parents were afraid that if we didn't go back to Palestine every single summer, we'd grow up to be Madonna.
My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.
I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.