“We have this obsession with broken homes. Everyone wants to find a problem with it, but not me. I had great homes. Both my parents remarried and I got more people to learn from!” PeopleWantProblemHomeParentBrokenObsessionBroken Homes Author:JJ Feild
“The older child who has lost or broken some valuable thing will be found when his parents return, not run away, not willing to confess, but in a deep sleep. The thief whose case is being tried falls asleep.” ChildrenRunningFallFoundLostParentSleepCasesWillingBrokenReturnValuableRunning AwayThievesValuable ThingsDeep Sleep Author:Margaret Mead
“We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents.” ThinkingTryingChildrenHomeParentModernBrokenComplicatedDivorceMythInventionGreekDivorcedWidowsTrue YouGreek MythBroken HomesNew ParentsStepchildStepchildren Author:Rick Riordan
“Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have trouble putting events into perspective. They are absolute in their judgments and expect perfection in parents. They are likely to be self-conscious about their parent's failures and critical of their every move. They have the expectations that parents will keep them safe and happy and are shocked by the broken covenant. Adolescents are unforgiving.” ThinkingSelfMovingProcessParentDifficultBlackTermWhiteTroubleEventsBrokenPerspectiveSafeJudgmentExpectationsConsciousPerfectionAbsolutesDivorceCriticalBlack And WhiteShockedSelf ConsciousCovenantImmatureUnforgiving Book:Reviving Ophelia Source: Reviving Ophelia
“Would that our harsh judgments could be restrained, our impatience checked, our selfishness broken down, our passions controlled, our waste of time and life in worthless or unworthy objects corrected, by the thought that there is One in whose hands we are, who cares for us with a parent's love, who will judge us hereafter without the slightest tinge of human' infirmity, the All-Merciful and the All-Just.” HumansHandsCarePassionParentObjectsJudgingBrokenWasteJudgmentSelfishnessControlledWasting TimeHarshWho CaresWorthlessImpatienceUnworthyMercifulHereafterInfirmityBroken DownLife And Time Author:Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
“I hate to be a broken record - my parents have a lot to do with that too, because that's how they live their lives.” HateParentRecordsBrokenI Hate Author:Rashida Jones
“I think I really scored with my parents. All of my friends pretty much came from broken homes, and my parents are still together, but not only that, they're still in love and still write together.” ThinkingWritingStillsHomeTogetherParentBrokenMy FriendsBroken HomesStill In Love Author:Winona Ryder
“Optimistic parents raise resilient children, but pessimistic parents raise broken offspring. Wherever there is darkness, show your children the light.” ChildrenShowsLightParentDarknessBrokenOur ChildrenRaisesOptimisticYour ChildrenPessimisticOffspringResilient Author:Shmuley Boteach
“I was very much a mess, as a person. I'd come from a very turbulent teenage life, with parents who had broken up in a very bad way, and a lot of illness at school.” WayPersonsSchoolParentBrokenIllnessMessTeenageBroken UpTeenage Life Author:Marc Almond
“We must fix our broken education system. Every parent deserves a choice as to how to best educate their children so that every child has a chance to fulfill their potential.” ChildrenChoicesParentChanceBrokenDeserveEducateEducation System Author:Carly Fiorina
“For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far greater level of hopelessness as they see so many of their loved ones cycling in and out of prison. Children who have incarcerated parents are far more likely themselves to be incarcerated.” ChildrenHomeParentLevelsPovertyGreaterBrokenAmountMassPrisonSeparationErasLoved OnesHopelessnessCyclingIncarcerationMass IncarcerationBroken Homes Author:Michelle Alexander
“Being a figurehead for those with family members in prison is somewhat new for me. Something I've discovered since my father's incarceration is that the prison system is broken. My first-hand experiences have taught me that reform needs to happen sooner than later. I'm most interested in mentoring children with parents in prison. When a parent is sentenced to a jail term, the child is sentenced to the same time to be spent without a mother or father. No child should suffer a stigma or lack support and guidance because of the sins of a parent.” ChildrenMotherSufferingFatherParentTermSinSupportBrokenPrisonGuidanceStigmaMentoringIncarceration Author:Kambri Crews
“It took me a long time to be convinced that marriage was right for me because I've come from a long line of broken marriages. My parents divorced, and I had two broken marriages myself.” LongTwoParentLinesBrokenLong TimeConvincedDivorcedLong LinesBroken Marriage Author:Sylvester Stallone
“Let me say for now that we knew once the Creation was broken, true fathering would be much more lacking than mothering. Don't misunderstand me, both are needed- but an emphasis on fathering is necessary because of the enormity of its absence” Would BeFatherParentCreationBrokenNeededLet MeParentingAbsenceLackingEmphasisMotheringFathering Author:William P. Young
“In some sense every parent does love their children. But some parents are too broken to love them well& others are barely able to love them at all.” WellsChildrenDoeAbleParentBroken Author:William P. Young
“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.” WayJobsParentGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsBrokenParentingFlaws Author:Justine Larbalestier
“One thing," I said, when we had broken apart and the swirling feeling in my head subsided. "Maybe...don't tell your mom too much about this. I think she has ideas." "What?" he asked, all innocence, as he put an arm around my shoulders and led me back toward his house. "Don't your parents cheer and stare when you make out with someone? Is that weird where you come from? I guess they don't get to see it much, though. From jail, I mean." "Shut it, Weintraub. If I knock you down in the snow, these kids will swarm and eat you.” IfsThinkingMeanSaidIdeasFeelingsKidsHouseParentToo MuchOne ThingBrokenArmsMomShouldersSnowInnocenceStaringJailCheerYour MomMake OutSwarmsWhere You Come Book:Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories Source: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories
“I don’t know why life isn’t constructed to be seamless and safe, why we make such glaring mistakes, things fall so short of our expectations, and our hearts get broken and out kids do scary things and our parents get old and don’t always remember to put pants on before they go out for a stroll. I don’t know why it’s not more like it is in the movies, why things don’t come out neatly and lessons can’t be learned when you’re in the mood for learning them, why love and grace often come in such motley packaging.” KnowsHeartKidsRememberFallParentMistakeGraceBrokenLessonsSafeExpectationsScaryMoodPantsScary ThingsSeamlessPackaging Author:Anne Lamott
“It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day.” WorldWayBelieveHumansHeartKindChildrenImportantHomeRunningLastsFatherGamesParentForeverKnowingImpossibleBrokenPromiseOne DaySummerBaseballHealOur WorldHuman HeartSincerelyHome RunSummer Days Book:Summerland Source: Summerland
“This was long before the term 'single-parent family' came into use; back then it was a 'broken home'.” LongUseHomeParentTermBrokenSingle ParentBroken Homes Author:Julian Barnes