“You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.” WantLooksLightParentAcceptingProudNegativeLook Up Author:Adepero Oduye
“During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.” NeedsLooksPlayKidsSchoolParentWeekBabyCommitmentMy FamilyWeekendConsumedGearsNonprofitsPlay Dates Author:Jessica Seinfeld
“I think women look for that quality in a man of being a good dad whether they're immediately wanting to be a parent or not.” ThinkingMenLooksParentQualityDadGood Dad Author:Emily VanCamp
“Look, if you ask a child, 'Would you rather have a fulfilled mother or a stay-at-home Sylvia Plath,' they'll pick Sylvia Plath every time. But I think it's really important that children don't feel their parents' emotional lives depend on their success.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksChildrenImportantHomeMotherAsksParentEmotionalDependsPicksFulfilledStay At HomeEmotional LifePlath Author:Ayelet Waldman
“Teenagers talk about the idea of having each other's 'full attention.' They grew up in a culture of distraction. They remember their parents were on cell phones when they were pushed on swings as toddlers. Now, their parents text at the dinner table and don't look up from their BlackBerry when they come for end-of-school day pickup.” LooksIdeasEndsSchoolRememberCultureParentAttentionGrewGrew UpTablesPhonesDinnerCellsTeenagerLook UpDistractionSwingsCell PhoneToddlerDinner TableBlackberriesPickupsSchool Days Author:Sherry Turkle
“The lessons you are meant to learn are in your work. To see them, you need only look at the work clearly - without judgment, without need or fear, without wishes or hopes. Without emotional expectations. Ask your work what it needs, not what you need. Then set aside your fears and listen, the way a good parent listens to a child” WayLifeInspirationalNeedsLooksChildrenBeautifulAsksWishParentEmotionalLessonsJudgmentExpectationsExperienceGood Parent Author:David Bayles
“This is advertising that is designed not to look or feel like advertising at all. The one thing we felt we got parents to agree with was that if their children ask them questions about enlisting, they had an obligation to, one, engage, and then two, be informed.” IfsFeelsLooksChildrenTwoAsksFeltParentOne ThingAgreeObligationAdvertisingEnlisting Author:Edward Boches
“Children need directing and teaching what is right in a kind, affectionate manner How often we see parents demand obedience, good behavior, kind words, pleasant looks, a sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable this is!” NeedsLooksKindChildrenEyeParentVoiceTeachingSweetDemandBehaviorObediencePleasantBitternessUnreasonableInconsistentAffectionateKind WordsGood BehaviorBright EyesScoldingSweet Voice Author:Brigham Young
“I think for my parents it was like "A Boy Named Sue," the Johnny Cash song. A guy named Sue tries to track down his father to take it out on his father for naming him Sue. And his father says, "Look, I knew I wasn't going to be around. So I gave you the name so that you would grow up strong enough to take the hits and fight back." So I like to believe that's why my parents gave me this stupid name.” ThinkingTryingBelieveLooksEnoughGuySongFightingFatherNamesStrongGrowsParentBoysGrowing UpStupidTrackCashStrong EnoughLike A Boy Author:Domhnall Gleeson
“Have compassion for your humanity and your flaws. You're human and you're going to make mistakes. Look at yourself through the eyes of a loving parent.” HumansLooksEyeHumanityParentMistakeCompassionMaking MistakesFlawsThrough The EyesLook At YourselfLoving Parents Book:Solemate Source: Solemate
“Treat your career like a bad boyfriend... Your career wont take care of you. It won't call you back or introduce you to its parents. Your career will openly flirt with other people while you are around... You have to care about your work, but not about the result. You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLooksCareParentResultsCareersTreatsTake CareGood PeopleIntroducingFlirtingBad BoyBad Boyfriend Author:Amy Poehler
“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