“I always knew I wanted to be a performer, and my mother started taking me to dance classes when I was five. My mother is a teacher, my father works at an insurance company. When I said I wanted to be a performer, people went, "Yeah, right." You don't do that where I come from.” PeopleSaidWantedMotherFatherCompanyClassFiveTeacherYeahPerformersInsurance CompaniesDance Class Author:Jennifer Lopez
“So yeah, anyway - I'm thirty-four and my mother is desperate for me to get married. She thinks settling down is what you should be doing at thirty-four. How would she like it if I turned to her the day she hits eighty and said: 'Hey, Mum - when are you going to break your hip? All your friends are breaking theirs'?” IfsThinkingShouldSaidMotherMarriageBreakFourMarriedYeahHeyHipsSettlingThirtyDesperateMumEightySettling Down Author:Sue Margolis
“Paradoxically, the toddler's "No" is also a preliminary to his saying yes. It is a sign that he is getting ready to convert his mother's restrictions and prohibitions into the rules for behavior that will belong to him.” MotherReadyBehaviorYeahRestrictionProhibitionSaying YesToddler Book:Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual Source: Oneness and separateness: from infant to individual