“I was raised the Chinese way: I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl. And I was born to my mother and I was born a girl. All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way.” PeopleWayStillsMotherDesireGirlBornMy OwnStepsGenerationsTaughtDaughterOppositesMiseryRaisedChineseMy DaughterBitternessUp And DownStairs Author:Amy Tan
“I've raised daughters who are English, and I'm American, so they're culturally different to me, which is an unusual situation.” DifferentSituationDaughterRaisedUnusual Author:Elizabeth McGovern
“I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.” WellsStatesCareYoungMotherGirlUnitedQualityUnited StatesMomDaughterAdultsRaisedYoung AdultI CareImprovingQuality Of LifeSingle Mom Author:Valerie Jarrett
“There's this unspoken history that exists between any mother and daughter, no matter how deep and loving the bond is, twenty-five years of being raised by someone, there's a kind of deep history which means that there are shortcuts to getting on each other's nerves.” YearsKindMeanMatterMotherFiveDaughterTwentiesRaisedFive YearsNervesTwenty FiveUnspokenShortcutsMother And Daughter Author:Stephen Karam
“I'm always touched when I go to events and stuff, to meet fathers who come up to me and thank me and say, "because of you my young daughter knows that she can do anything she sets out to do." And the way young girls are raised now, I don't think there's any doubt that they know they can do anything. And if what goes by the by is that they don't feel they have to be in solidarity with all other women, that's O.K. as long as they know that that strength has been there in the past and can be there in the future for them.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayFeelsLongHas BeensPastYoungGirlFatherStuffCan DoDoubtEventsDaughterRaisedCome UpTouchedSolidarityBecause Of YouYoung Daughter Author:Nancy Pelosi
“My mother had said me, "All right, you've been raised, so don't let anybody else raise you. You know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. And remember - you can always come home." And she continued to liberate me until she died. On the night she died, I went to the hospital. I told my mom, "Let me tell you about yourself. You deserved a great daughter, and you got one. And you liberated me to be one. So if it's time for you to go, you may have done everything God brought you here to do."” IfsKnowsMaySaidDoneHomeRememberMotherNightDifferencesMomDaughterLet MeDiedRaisesRaisedMy MomComing HomeHospitalsAbout YourselfLiberatedRemember YouRemembers You Author:Maya Angelou
“Well, I think it's because I'm an only daughter. I have four brothers, a bunch of guy cousins, and so it's like I was raised amongst men. So I've always gotten along really well with men.” ThinkingMenWellsMotherGuyFourBrotherDaughterRaisedBunchCousinOnly DaughterFour Brothers Author:Alicia Machado
“And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.” HomeMotherFatherSidesCitiesBrotherDaughterBlueSouthRaisedWorkersMy BrotherChicagoCollarsBlue Collar Author:Michelle Obama
“I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'” ThinkingIdeasChoicesDecisionWifeCitizensWasteDaughterRaisedNotionActressesGoatsMaking DecisionsGood CitizenJust Be HappyGood WifePreconceived NotionsPreconceived IdeasCobblers Author:Sandra Bullock
“Daughter, we didn't need your note - or a prince's visit - to tell us you'd done nothing wrong. We know the daughter we raised. We fear for your future, but never for your character. You take our love and our trust wherever you wander. Father.” KnowsNeedsDoneCharacterFatherDaughterNotesRaisedWanderOur LoveYour Future Author:Gail Carson Levine
“I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I was raised in the countryside, planting corn and selling sweets made by my grandmother. My children, my two daughters are with me and I want a better world for my grandchildren, for your grandchildren.” MenWorldWantChildrenMadeTwoDreamBornPoorSweetDaughterRaisedSellingMy ChildrenGrandmotherGrandchildrenDefectsMy GrandmotherCornCountrysideMy GrandchildrenTwo Daughters Author:Hugo Chavez
“I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.” WayTryingBelieveTwoMotherGivenI BelieveParentMy OwnHusbandExpectationsDaughterRaisesRaisedChineseImmigrantsMy HusbandThis DayStrictGreatest GiftsHigh ExpectationsTwo DaughtersImmigrant Parents Author:Amy Chua
“I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.” ThinkingKnowsTwoMotherMomProudDaughterRaisedGood FriendStrictTwo Daughters Author:Amy Chua
“My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.” ChildrenHas BeensMotherCoursesParentPerfectMinesMonthsDaughterRaisedSevenMy DaughterSingle ParentSeven Months Author:Valerie Jarrett