“I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially if it's just you; you don't pawn her off on somebody.” IfsWorldBelieveChildrenJobsParentPawns Author:Jennifer Lynch
“Our parents and grandparents understood this truth deeply. They believed - as we do - that to create jobs, a modern economy requires modern investments: educating, innovating and rebuilding for our children's future. Building an economy to last, from the middle class up, not from the billionaires down.” ChildrenJobsLastsParentClassEconomyModernMiddleBuildingUnderstoodOur ChildrenInvestmentMiddle ClassGrandparentBillionaireRebuildingParents And Grandparents Author:Martin O'Malley
“The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.” JobsSportsParentWaterConversationWeekend Author:Kal Penn
“Both of my parents graduated from high school, both attended college, both have government jobs now. They've always been very adamant about me finishing high school and finishing college.” GovernmentSchoolJobsParentCollegeHigh SchoolFinishingAdamantGovernment Jobs Author:Chance the Rapper
“I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room.” PeopleWritingJobsMovingUsedSongParentRoomsNiceHeardAmountLet MeTinyUsed To BeFractionsReally Nice Author:Regina Spektor
“I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.” KidsWantedJobsHouseParentAchieveBarsBuyingBuying A House Author:Tinie Tempah
“No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.” PeopleDifferentMatterJobsParentGenerationsNo Matter WhatRetiredDifferent LifeDifferent Jobs Author:Kate Walsh
“I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. And I was. I was growing up middle-class in a time when growing up middle-class in America meant there would be jobs for my parents, good schools for me to prepare myself for a career, and, if I worked hard and played by the rules, a chance for me to do anything I wanted.” IfsWorldHardWould BeKidsWantedSchoolJobsAmericaFeltParentChanceClassCareersGrowing UpGrowingMiddleMiddle ClassGood School Author:Al Franken
“I was under the assumption that the first job you get out of college is the job you have for the rest of your life. That's how my parents were; my parents have been teachers for as long as I've known 'em. I was worried that I'd gotten into something that I was going to hate.” FirstsLongHas BeensJobsHateParentKnownTeacherCollegeWorriedAssumptionEmsRest Of Your Life Author:Jack McBrayer
“My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.” RealJobsStuffParentRoomsCareersAmountPaidTennisDishesCleaningReal JobsSmall Amounts Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'” PeopleJobsMotherParentEducationGrowing UpGrowingDaughterIndiaChinaDinnerMy DaughterStarvingHomeworkChina And IndiaWorld Is Flat Author:Thomas Friedman
“Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasn't like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way, it wasn't a normal family life.” WayTogetherJobsParentFiveNormalNineFamily LifeNormal Family Author:Georgia May Jagger
“I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.” WantRunningSchoolJobsThreeParentDecidedPursue Author:Lady Gaga
“A child's job is to test her boundaries, a parent's is to see that she survives the test.” ChildrenJobsParentFamilyTestsBoundaries Author:Roger McDonald
“A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.” HelpingDreamKidsJobsJoyParentCan DoFamilyToolsTasksUrges Book:The last lecture Source: The last lecture
“When I first graduated college, I told my parents I'd try to pursue comedy for the first year or two, and if it didn't work out, I'd put my nose to the grindstone and try to find a job somehow. I went to UCB, and it clicked with me.” IfsTryingYearsFirstsTwoJobsParentComedyCollegeWork OutPursueNosesGrindstone Author:Ben Schwartz
“My dad was a lovely guy. I had great parents. But he was a conservative shopkeeper, and he said, "Look, I don't know how to help you as an actor, but if you want to be an actor, give it a go for a year. Get a job. And if you don't get a job, then we're going to reevaluate and you're going to go back to school." And I thought that was a fair thing.” IfsKnowsWantGivingYearsLooksSaidHelpingSchoolJobsGuyActorsParentKnow HowDadFairsMy DadConservativeLovelyGreat ParentsShopkeepers Author:John Kapelos
“I was always pretty organized in high school and my mother, she always pushed me to just overachieve, both my parents. (They) let me know education is key and without it nowadays, you probably wouldn't be able to get a good job or have a decent living.” KnowsAbleSchoolJobsMotherParentKeysHigh SchoolLet MeOrganizedDecentGood Job Author:Jeremih
“The ideal situation for a parent is one that no one has - having a fulfilling job that requires you to work three days a week. It's better for the parents, because they get to spend time with the children and also have a source of pride and achievement - and income - outside the home.” ChildrenHomeJobsThreeParentSituationWeekSourcePrideAchievementIdealsIncomeFulfillingEnd TimesSpend Time Author:Tina Fey
“A parent may be without a job, but no child should be without a doctor.” ShouldMayChildrenJobsParentDoctors Author:William J. Clinton
“I do think that the role of the Internet, and the way it's bringing everything into the home, has made a parent's job much more difficult. And it's harder to know what to do and how to do it. It's much, much harder.” ThinkingKnowsWayMadeHomeJobsParentDifficultRolesInternetHarder Author:William J. Clinton
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.” KnowsWellsChildrenArtHomeJobsMovingCultureParentLossAttentionKnow HowCreativeExampleTaughtModelsFavorsErasGrievingMourningOver ItGet BackGet OverFast FoodClosureBack To WorkBandages Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Isn't it our job to be appalled by our parents? Isn't it every generation's duty to be dismayed by the previous generation? And to assert that we are different - only to discover later that we are distressingly the same?” DifferentJobsParentGenerationsDutyDismayedPrevious Generations Author:Erica Jong
“One knows one's done one's job as a parent properly if one's children reject everything one stands for.” IfsKnowsChildrenDoneJobsParentRejects Author:Glenda Jackson
“Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?” WantChildrenJobsParentClassCleanHeavyWorking ClassGood JobLiftingMpsHeavy Lifting Author:Diane Abbott
“Being a parent is the hardest job ever in life.” JobsParentHardestBeing A ParentHardest Job Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“The thing that experts agree on is that although divorce is difficult and stressful for kids no matter what, the real harm to kids comes from being subjected to conflict between parents. The longer that lasts, and the more severe it is, the worse it is for your children. If you truly want to shield your children from the pain of divorce, recognize that the more you take the high road with your spouse, the better job you'll do.” IfsWantChildrenRealMatterKidsPainJobsLastsParentDifficultConflictOur ChildrenNo Matter WhatAgreeDivorceHarmYour ChildrenExpertsSevereSpouseShieldsStressfulBetter JobsHigh RoadTaking The High Road Author:Emily Doskow