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“Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.”

“[Homeschooling]...recipe for genius: More of family and less of school, more of parents and less of peers, more creative freedom and less formal lessons.”

School Parent Creative Genius Lessons Peers Formal Recipes Homeschooling Creative Freedom

Author:Raymond S. Moore

“More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.”

Thinking Way Mean Individual Parent Alive Listening

Book:Whole child, whole parent

Source: Whole child, whole parent

“Our earth is like a child who has grown up without parents, having no one to guide her... Some have attempted to help her but most have simply tried to use her. Humans, who have been given the task to lovingly steer the world, instead plunder her with no consideration, other than their immediate needs. And they give little thought for their own children who will inherit their lack of love. So they use her and abuse her with little consideration and then when she shudders of blows her breath. They are offended and raise their fist at God.”

“I've never seen this level of anger at parents who've chosen not to vaccinate their children.”

Children Parent Levels Anger Chosen

Author:Paul A. Offit

“My parents did great and provided well, and gave all their kids personal, moral, ethical values, not a belief that we were entitled to something.”

Wells Kids Values Belief Parent Moral Ethical Entitled Personal Values Ethical Values

Author:Bonnie Hammer

“Why is it parents think they help their kids by pretending things are better than they are?”

Thinking Helping Kids Parent Pretending

Book:The Boyhood Memoirs of A.E. Hotchner

Source: The Boyhood Memoirs of A.E. Hotchner

“When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, my mom was, like, I think I heard you say lawyer.”

Thinking Wanted Actors Parent Heard Mom My Mom Lawyer

Author:Maz Jobrani

“No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.”

Thinking Looks Children Sometimes Done Helping Parent Perfect Mistake Our Children Prepared Adulthood Learning From Our Mistakes

Author:Billy Graham

“Parents don't get that, though. They don't understand about the fragility of teen friendships. They don't understand how easy it is for things to break apart, how someone you thought would be by your side forever can just disappear, or turn on you, or decide she likes someone more than she likes you. Parents always talk about romantic relationships being so ephemeral and fleeting in high school. What they don't get is that friendships can be the same way.”

Way Would Be School Turns Easy Parent Sides Break Forever High School Disappear Likes Fleeting Turn-on Your Side Ephemeral Fragility Romantic Relationship

Book:The Thing About the Truth

Source: The Thing About the Truth

“I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.”

Feels Parent Smart Life Experience Very Smart

Author:Julia Roberts

“I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow.”

Should Grows Parent Community Church Knowing Grew Calling Grew Up

Author:Margaret D. Nadauld

“Parents giving the keys to the car act as if they are giving the keys to the kingdom.”

Ifs Giving Parent Car Keys Kingdoms Keys To The Kingdom

Author:William E. Rothschild

“All parents are trying to balance. Look, I'm lucky in the sense that I can control my hours. I can choose my jobs, and not everybody has that choice. But I definitely, it's a family decision every time I take a job.”

Trying Looks I Can Jobs Choices Parent Hours Decision Balance Lucky

Author:Matt Damon

“I cannot control what you bring into the theater when you see the film. I can't control what my parents bring in. I can't control what some random person on Twitter brings in to the theater. All I can control is the hour and 50 minutes that the movie lasts, and try to give it absolutely everything I can.”

Giving Trying Persons I Can Lasts Film Parent Hours Minutes Theater

Author:James Ponsoldt

“I love women. I actually prefer girls, as a parent, because they disappoint at a different age. They go through that, "Dad's an idiot," which lasted a little longer than I'd like.”

Littles Different Age Girl Parent Dad Idiot Disappoint Different Ages

Author:Tim Allen

“MasterChef Junior for me was about working closely with these kids and getting them to reeducate their parents to understand that food is as important educationally as Math and English and it's important that we don't take it for granted.”

Important Kids Parent Math Granted Juniors Masterchef

Author:Gordon Ramsay

“My father was a man of the theater. I grew up in a theater family. As a young man, as a boy, I gypsied around with my siblings and my parents to, like, eight different towns, went to eight different schools. All those things were extremely formative, and I think that's what happens.”

Thinking Men Different Happens School Young Father Parent Boys Grew Grew Up Theater Towns Eight Young Man Sibling My Siblings Theater Family

Author:John Lithgow

“The love for a child is more an unconditional sort of love ... Although some parents are really narcissistic. In general, I think there is an expectation that love will be unconditional, but obviously it's not - even after living with someone for years.”

Thinking Years Children Parent Expectations Unconditional Narcissistic

Author:Kim Gordon

“We do need curriculum reform. And it should happen at the state and local level. That is where educational policy belongs, because if a parent is unhappy with what their child is being taught in school, they can go to that local school board or their state legislature, or their governor and get it changed.”

Ifs Needs Should Children States Happens School Parent Levels Policy Changed Taught Educational Unhappy Locals Reform Boards Governors Legislature Curriculum State Legislatures School Board

Author:Marco Rubio

“Chemistry is like an indefinable thing. When it comes to people playing your best friend or your parents or anything like that, there's always different kind of element to chemistry.”

People Kind Different Parent Elements Chemistry Different Kinds Your Best Friend Indefinable

Author:Emma Stone

“Both of my parents were born into poor families on the island of Cuba. They came to America because it was the only place where people like them could have a chance.My father was a bartender. And the journey from the back of that bar to the [election 2016], to me, that is the essence of the American dream.”

People Dream America Father Parent Born Chance Poor Journey Essence Election Bars Islands American Dream Cuba Bartender Poor Family

Author:Marco Rubio

“I didn't decide to start to playing piano until I was almost 13 years old when my friends and I thought it would be fun to start a band. None of us actually played any instruments so the band never quite got off the ground, BUT it made me go home and ask my parents for piano lessons. That was really the beginning for me. Once I started, it was all I wanted to do.”

Years Made Home Would Be Wanted Asks Fun Parent Lessons Band My Friends Instruments Piano Never Quit Piano Lesson Playing Piano

Author:Andrew Hollander

“Work hard in school and listen to your parents. They really do want the very best for you and have been where you're going.”

Want Has Beens Hard School Parent Hard Work

Author:Rob Paulsen

“I grew up in a normal family. I have sweet parents, who are still married... But my life is so different from how I thought it would be.”

Stills Different Would Be Life Is Parent Sweet Grew Normal Married Grew Up Normal Family

Author:Gwen Stefani

“I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was.”

People Knows Said Father Parent Known Gone Successful Teacher College Impact Educational Favors Very Strong Successful People Evangelism

Author:Condoleezza Rice

“I think it's good that [my granddaughter] here because I lost my parents and now it's great that there's a new generation. And she's taught me new things that I've forgotten. Like, when you're on holiday and see what it's like to see a shell or go into the water for the first time.”

Thinking Firsts Lost Parent Water Generations Taught First Time Forgotten Holiday New Things Shells New Generation Granddaughter

Author:Carine Roitfeld

“I grew up in a very musical household. My brother had KISS and Van Halen records, but my parents loved country and show tunes, so I had all of those records when a kid. I pretty much knew exactly what I was going to do at a young age. I loved album covers, I loved listening to a record and staring at the art while listening to it. When I got older and discovered paining, drawing and PhotoShop, I was able to do both simultaneously; I enjoy making both.”

“I was never the kind of girl who said, "One day, I am going to be a beautiful bride, and I am going to have a family." I wanted to work and support myself and make my parents proud. All I did was work. I did three or four films a year, and felt like I was on a treadmill. Finally I said, "Nothing is exciting to me anymore." So I took six months off, which turned into a year, and said, "God, I don't miss it." That's when all kinds of interesting things crossed my path.”

“The last thing I ever want to do is disappoint my parents. If something ever happened to one of my parents, I'd want them to go knowing I made them proud.”

Ifs Want Made Lasts Parent Knowing Happened Proud Disappoint

Author:Miley Cyrus

“My parents would have to put the fire hose on me to get me out of bed, to go to school in the morning. They would use a cattle prod and just shock me, or throw boiling water on me, or fire a gun next to my head, to get me out of bed.”

Use School Next Parent Water Morning Fire Bed Gun Shock Cattle Boiling Boiling Water

Author:Jackson Rathbone

“I'm very close to my parents and we built a sailboat together when I was growing up. We're partners.”

Together Parent Growing Up Growing Built Partners Sailboat

Author:Rex Smith

“When my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape. I saw it as a way out.”

Way Running Parent Sound Voice Rooms Saws Window Sound Of Music

Author:Christina Aguilera

“I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.”

Thinking Parent Growing Up Growing Car Listening Essentials Music Is Sitting Listening To Music

Author:James Vincent McMorrow

“The nomadic lifestyle does work for a lot of working parents, but I've traveled and I've seen it, and I want to be able to go home at night and see my daughter. I want to be there for her first day of school and her school recital. Honestly, television is what offers me that.”

Want Firsts Doe Home Able School Night Parent Television Offers Daughter Honestly Lifestyle My Daughter Traveled Nomadic First Day Of School Recitals Working Parents

Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar

“I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and I wrote my first song shortly after. Music was really important in my family. My grandma was a professional violin player and my parents first met when my dad was giving my mom guitar lessons.”

Giving Firsts Important Song Parent Player Mom Dad Lessons Mets My Family Guitar My Dad My Mom Piano Violin Grandma My Grandma Piano Lesson

Author:Eric Hutchinson

“I had the wonderful benefit of growing up with parents that not only encouraged me to follow my dreams, but supported my aspirations through school and beyond.”

Dream School Parent Growing Up Growing Wonderful Benefits Aspiration

Author:Jason Graves

“It's magical thinking to imagine that the reason unspeakable things are being perpetrated by younger and younger people is that they've fallen under the influence of seductive, lascivious, prurient, and violent material in books, films, television. A great deal of this type of censorship has to do with absolving parents of responsibility - parents who just plop their kids in front of the television and leave them there hour upon hour.”

“I started playing drums at a pretty early age because my parents were musicians. My dad was an amazing multi-instrumentalist and I can play a lot of instruments, but my dad actually played all the instruments I could play and then added another twenty five or thirty five different categories on there ...he was incredible! He got an act actually in Vegas, my parents Bobby and Phyllis Sherwood.”

I Can Different Play Age Parent Five Dad Musician Twenties Instruments Incredibles My Dad Thirty Categories Vegas Twenty Five Playing Drums Instrumentalists

Author:Billy Sherwood

“It seemed to be a fundamental thing that women have something men don't, the obvious being an ability to bear children, and the resilience to hang in as parents. I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of "women are inferior".”

Men Children Ideas Whole Parent Ability Bears Fundamentals Obvious Resilience Inferiors

Author:Joss Whedon

“That's why school was invented - to give your parents some peace and quiet during the day.”

Giving School Parent Quiet Peace And Quiet

Author:Michael Chabon

“The most meaningful movies I can make are the ones where parents can share them with their children and children can look forward to sharing them with their parents, a ritual if you will, where they get to spend time together and the kids are smiling.”

Ifs Looks Children I Can Kids Together Parent Share Meaningful Ritual End Times Spend Time Time Together Most Meaningful

Author:Nicolas Cage

“My first car was kind of sad. My first car was when my parents had completely worn out their Toyota Corolla that they had for 16 years or something. They gave me, for my 19th birthday, this really ancient Toyota. So that was my first car. And I loved it. I thought it was amazing, and I drove it cross-country. It was not aesthetically appealing in any way. It was it fast. It did not handle well, but it lasted forever. I drove cross-country and back, and then I gave it to my sister, and she drove it for another 10 years.”

Way Years Firsts Wells Kind Country Parent Forever Car Crosses Ancient Handle My Sister Worn Worn Out Toyota

Author:Ethan Hawke

“During my early years, I thought I might be a musician. Like most kids, I didn't do what my parents wanted me to do. They were gung-ho that all their kids become actors. They loved showbiz so much. I am a product of nepotism, basically.”

Years Might Kids Wanted Actors Parent Products Musician Showbiz Nepotism

Author:Jeff Bridges

“As a kid, you want to be liked for who you are. You don't want to be liked for who your parents are. You don't want to get a job because of who your parents are. You want to do it on your own, with your own gifts and your own value. So, I decided to spare my kids that and not be as pro-active as my dad was.”

Want Kids Jobs Values Parent Dad Decided Who You Are My Dad Active Spares

Author:Jeff Bridges

“My childhood was really nice. My parents never forced me to do anything; it was always, "If you want to do that, fine." When I told my father I was going to be an actor, he said, "Fine, but study welding just in case."”

Ifs Want Said Actors Father Parent Cases Study Nice Childhood Fine Really Nice Welding

Author:Robin Williams

“Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.”

Firsts Parent Roles Growing Up Growing Models Role Models Looking Back

Author:Kumar Sangakkara

“As you get older, all the things your parents said to you when you were younger ring true, but when you're younger, you reject them.”

Said Parent Rings Rejects

Author:Julianna Margulies

“There is always need for good foster parents, people who have room in their homes, the openhearted people.”

People Needs Home Parent Rooms Foster Parent

Author:Antwone Fisher

“I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a saxophone hobbyist who grew up in England during the heyday of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. I started taking piano lessons from my Mom, but it's too easy to slack off with your parent, so she passed me on to a friend of hers, where I got more motivated to play music by playing pop hits and TV themes. I did some classical training, but I was always more into the really thematic stuff.”

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Author:Gerard Cox

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