“I'm much more of a kid now than I was when I was a kid. I was the kind of kid who was valedictorian, a straight-A student. My mom used to say, "Please stop studying and get outside."” KindKidsUsedStudyStudentsMomPleaseMy MomValedictorians Author:Carla Gugino
“Why does a dad matter so much to a daughter, in particular? A dad is the one who teaches a daughter what a male is all about. It's the first man in her life--the first man she loves, the first male she tries to please, the first man who says no to her, the first man to discipline her. In effect, he sets her up for success or failure with the opposite sex. Not only that, but she takes cues from how Dad treats Mom as she grows up about what to expect as a woman who is in a relationship with a man. So Dad sets up his daughter's marriage relationship too.” MenTryingFirstsDoeMatterSexGrowsTeachGrowing UpEffectsParticularMomDadDisciplinePleaseDaughterOppositesTreatsMalesSuccess Or Failure Book:Be the Dad She Needs You to Be: The Indelible Imprint a Father Leaves on His Daughter's Life Source: Be the Dad She Needs You to Be: The Indelible Imprint a Father Leaves on His Daughter's Life
“A friend of ours, the wife of a pastor at a church in Colorado, had once told me about something her daughter, Hannah, said when she was three years old. After the morning service was over one Sunday, Hannah tugged on her mom's skirt and asked. "Mommy, why do some people in church have lights over their heads and some don't?" At the time, I remember thinking two things: First, I would've knelt down and asked Hannah, "Did I have a light over my head? Please say yes!" I also wondered what Hannah had seen, and whether she had seen it because, like my son, she had a childlike faith.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsSaidTwoLightRememberThreeChurchMorningWifeSonMomPleaseDaughterDown AndTwo ThingsSundayMy SonThree YearsPastorSkirtsChildlikeColoradoThree Year OldsChildlike Faith Author:Todd Burpo
“I was brought up Catholic and we show my mom, my mother, my sister and then I take pains to explain on camera, that there were years after that where I wasn't really religious. I certainly wasn't a Catholic anymore, but I still lived with some mythical man in my head. I didn't really put a name to a face, but I just knew that if I was in trouble or scared I would go, 'Oh God, please help me get out of this one.'” IfsMenYearsStillsHelpingShowsPainFacesMotherNamesReligiousTroubleMomPleaseCamerasCatholicScaredMy MomHelp MeMy Sister Author:Bill Maher
“My mom was my English teacher in high school. So to be able to bend the rules and be the class clown and get to take on my religion, my mom, and my town all at the same time was glorious. I think the desire to be funny was a mixture of wanting to be liked but also wanting to throw your elbows a bit. If you're cracking a joke in school, it's sort of anti-authority, but it's in the nicest, "Please like me!" way.” IfsThinkingWayAbleSchoolDesireBitsClassTeacherMomPleaseAuthorityJokesHigh SchoolTownsMy MomLike MeGloriousClownMixturesElbowsEnglish Teacher Author:Paul Rust