“Feminists of my mother's generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time.” ShouldLittlesMadeStillsMotherFatherParentHalfGenerationsExampleMomDadTerribleFeministDinnerCooksSplitsHouseholdChoresMom And DadHousehold Chores Author:Emily Oster
“I lead by example. My kids know what sweat is. They've seen me come home from so many runs and asked, 'What's on your skin? How did you get it?' And I tell them, 'It's from exercise!' So now my son will come home from a bike ride, take off his helmet and say, 'Look, Mom. I'm sweating! I just worked out!'” KnowsLooksHomeRunningKidsExampleSonMomExerciseSkinsMy SonComing HomeSweatBikeHelmetSweating Author:Summer Sanders
“If you start giving your kids anxiety about food, it's going to last a lifetime. Moms have to lead by example. Don't say, "Oh, my jeans don't fit," or "Oh, I was bad." No diets. Nothing like that.” IfsGivingWisdomKidsLastsFamilyGenerationsExampleFoodHealthMomFitAnxietyEthicsLifetimeDietsJeans Author:Bethenny Frankel
“The new buzz word in Silicon Valley is "integration". Work-life "balance" is very 2.0. All these women share ways in which they integrate their family life and work. Facebook's head of Global Solutions, Carolyn Everson, for example, takes her children along on her business trips once a quarter. They meet her clients, visit new places and get a better understanding of what mom does when she isn't at home with them.” WayChildrenDoeHomeUnderstandingShareExampleMomBalanceSolutionsValleysQuartersClientsIntegrationFamily LifeIntegratingBuzzWork Life BalanceSiliconLife BalanceSilicon ValleyNew PlacesWork And Life BalanceBusiness Trips Author:Willow Bay
“I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.” PersonsDoeWould BeRolesTeacherInfluenceExampleYouthMomModelsMy MomRole ModelsGood PersonCounselor Author:Carrie Underwood
“My mom is a little bit eccentric. I mean, she does - she has a lot of unique ideas. For example, she thought that I should have a child with her last husband, Richard, because it would have nice eyes.” ShouldMeanChildrenLittlesDoeIdeasEyeLastsBitsNiceExampleMomHusbandLittle BitUniqueShould HaveMy MomEccentricNice Eyes Author:Carrie Fisher
“I grew up riding horses and on the beach and I never really wore makeup and my mom showed that as an example. She wore makeup, just in a beautiful, effortless way.” WayBeautifulExampleGrewMomGrew UpHorseMy MomBeachMakeupRidingEffortless Author:Gigi Hadid
“I love being a mom. And I think what I love the most is the way it makes me think about what's important and what's not important. What to fight for and what to just be cool with. What it is that I'm teaching through example and what it is that I was taught that I don't want to teach.” ThinkingWayWantImportantFightingLove IsTeachTeachingExampleTaughtMomWhat's ImportantBeing A MomBeing CoolLove Being A MomI Love Being A Mom Author:Alicia Keys
“One thing I did have under my belt was, my mother lost her mother when she was 11. She mourned her mother her whole life and made my grandmother seem present even though I never met her. I couldn't imagine how my mom could go on but she did, she took care of us, she worked two jobs and had four children. She was such a good example of how to conduct oneself in a time of grief. When I lost my husband, I tried to model myself as much as I could on her.” ChildrenMadeTwoWholeSeemsCareJobsMotherLostGriefFourImagineOne ThingExampleMomGoes OnMetsHusbandModelsOur ChildrenOneselfMy MomWhole LifeGrandmotherMy HusbandMy GrandmotherBeltsGood ExamplesTwo Jobs Author:Patti Smith
“We need to show how we really are and how we really are is that I'm the Dad, that's the Mom, these are the kids. This is how you respect us. It's "Yes Sir", "No Sir", "Yes Mam" and "No Mam". We don't see a lot of that on TV, so I just want to give an example and show examples on how a family should be versus how families are portrayed on TV.” WantNeedsGivingShouldShowsKidsExampleTvsMomDadVersus Author:Ginuwine
“Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.” ChildrenLittlesCharacterMotherEducationFamilyExampleMomKneesFormationHearsayWounded Knee Author:Hosea Ballou