“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.” ChildrenMotherFatherParentGratitudeOur ChildrenBillsDebtGrandparentFridayMother And FatherHappy FridayDebt Of Gratitude Author:Nancy Friday
“I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.” FeelsStoriesTodaySchoolRememberMotherFatherParentTakenTaughtImpactHearingAshamedNativeNative AmericanGrandparentMother And FatherReservationsParents And Grandparents Author:Chaske Spencer
“Barack the boy was raised by his white maternal grandparents; his Kenyan father abandoned him. The qualities Americans appeared to find universally appealing in the ambitious, affable Obama - his confidence and calm, and his commitment to community and kin, education and excellence - these came from Kansas, not Kenya.” FatherCommunityWhiteQualityBoysCommitmentExcellenceRaisedCalmBarackAbandonedAmbitiousGrandparentKenyaKansasAffable Author:Ilana Mercer
“The joke used to be that in every Indian home, there is the mother, father, children, grandparents, and the anthropologist.” ChildrenHomeUsedMotherFatherJokesUsed To BeIndianGrandparentAnthropologistsFather Child Book:From the River's Edge Source: From the River's Edge
“Even though fathers, grandparents, siblings, memories of ancestors are important agents of socialization, our society focuses on the attributes and characteristics of mothers and teachers and gives them the ultimate responsibility for the child's life chances.” GivingChildrenImportantMotherFatherMemoriesChanceEducationResponsibilityTeacherUltimateAgentsCharacteristicsOur SocietyAttributesAncestorGrandparentSiblingSocialization Book:Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools Source: Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools