“My childhood was very difficult. I had every childhood disease and then some, but my parents didnt mollycoddle me. They left me to fight those battles on my own. I guess that was very Canadian, very stoic. But its good. I had to become a warrior. I had to give up hope and find a substitute for hope that would be far more stable.” GivingWould BeFightingLeftParentDifficultMy OwnChildhoodBattleDiseaseGiving UpWarriorSubstitutesStableStoic Author:Joni Mitchell
“Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.” Has BeensImportantFightingParentMy OwnLessonsBattleGratefulI've LearnedStumblingImportant Lessons Author:Anna Quindlen
“I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.” AgeYoungParentReligiousBattleSeriesYoung AgeListening To MusicScrewed Up Author:Brent Smith
“Presently we're seeing these kinds of battles for our most vulnerable students - such as Trans and LGBTQ students. You have a lot of conservative parents/school boards making life much harder for these children by trying to ensure bullying remains in place.” TryingKindChildrenSchoolParentSeeingStudentsBattleHarderRemainsConservativeVulnerableBoardsBullyingTransSchool Board Author:Alexander Weinstein
“Noah is the battle of justice versus mercy. In Genesis it says that Noah was righteous in his times. You think you sort of know what righteous means, you know, if you listen to a lot of Bob Marley. According to all the biblical scholars we talked to, righteousness is the proper balance of justice and mercy. If you think of that, as a parent, you know that if you have too much justice and you're too strict, you destroy a child. If you have too much mercy, as a parent, you destroy a child as well. A big part of this movie is Noah finding mercy for man.” ThinkingMenMeanChildrenParentJusticeBalanceBattleMercyRighteousnessScholarRighteousBiblicalGenesis Author:Darren Aronofsky
“Proper school nutrition must be complemented by activities outside of the cafeteria. The decisions parents make to keep their kids healthy are critical in fighting this battle on the home front.” HomeKidsSchoolFightingParentDecisionFrontsHealthyBattleActivityCriticalNutritionCafeteriaProper Nutrition Author:Tom Vilsack
“It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.” PeopleWorldWayInspirationalLittlesTwoFacesParentDifferencesPrideWalkingBattleLife LessonFierceHarry PotterArenaPottersTwo WaysHarry Potter InspiringHarry Potter Birthday Author:J. K. Rowling
“After our mom died, her parents (our grandparents) had this big court battle with dad. After six lawyers, two fistfights, and a near fatal attack with a spatula (don't ask), they won the right to keep Sadie with them in England.” TwoBigsAsksParentMomDadBattleSixEnglandDiedCourtLawyerGrandparentSadieMom DiedSpatulas Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid