“Growing up with three older brothers and being the youngest and the only girl, my mom always made me tough. She's taught me over the years how to be a strong, independent woman, how to carry yourself in a positive way and anything that my brothers can do, I can do.” WayYearsMadeI CanGirlThreeStrongCan DoGrowing UpGrowingTaughtBrotherMomToughIndependentMy MomMy BrotherIndependent WomenOlder BrotherStrong Independent WomenBeing Independent WomanStrong Independent Author:Diana Lopez
“I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told anybody. I would talk to our animals at home.” HomeAnimalGrowing UpGrowingIndependentBother Author:Janet Jackson
“I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.” GrowsGrowing UpNeededAdultsIndependentFedsSpoons Author:Paula Creamer
“My kids are growing up and it's hard to accept they are their own person and they're independent.” PersonsHardKidsAcceptingGrowing UpGrowingAcceptanceIndependent Author:Ray Romano
“I want to grow up as an actress and as a woman. Be independent.” WantGrowsGrowing UpIndependentActresses Author:Pom Klementieff
“I have a daughter who's 11 years old. Maybe she'll grow up independent and really really heavy and become a movie star and she'll play me in my life story.” YearsPlayStoriesMotherStarsGrowsGrowing UpDaughterIndependentHeavyMovie StarLife StoryIndependent WomenHairstyles Author:Patti Smith
“I wondered if parents had an easier time with the secrets their children kept than children did with the secrets of their parents. A parent's secrets seemed like some sort of betrayal, where my own just seemed like a fact of life and growing up and away. I was supposed to be independent, but he was supposed to be available. Him having his own life seemed selfish, where me having my own was the right order of things.” IfsChildrenFactsOrderParentMy OwnSecretGrowing UpGrowingEasierIndependentAvailableBetrayalSelfishSupposed To BeFacts Of LifeEasier Times Book:Stay Source: Stay
“My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.” TwoImportantLawMotherGirlGrowing UpStudyGrowingGenerationsDegreesIndependentTwo ThingsUnusualMy GenerationGirls Growing Up Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or a corporation. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of a land of small farmers, of shopowners, and merchants. Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act that ensured that the great western prairies of America would be the realm of independent, propertyowning citizens-a mightier guarantee of freedom is difficult to imagine.” PeopleChildrenLongHas BeensWould BeAmericaLawGrowsDifficultLibertyGrowing UpImagineLandCitizensExpectationsIndependentPropertyWesternCorporationsPresidentialRealmsGuaranteesFarmersOwnershipAbrahamMerchantsPrairieHomestead Act Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan