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“After you have loss in your life and after you experience something like losing your parents, the greatest gift of that was it prepared me for [anything]. Nothing else is as scary, and certainly stand-up comedy is not as scary as sitting there with your mom and having to have last conversations and things like that. It's heavy stuff, but it's enlightening because it makes me think I shouldn't be afraid of sharing ideas and thoughts with people. It's the yin and the yang of life.”

People Thinking Ideas Lasts Stuff Parent Loss Comedy Mom Conversation Losing Sitting Prepared Scary Heavy Enlightening Greatest Gifts Your Mom Stand Up Comedy Yang Sharing Ideas

Author:Dane Cook

“I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.”

Thinking World Children Art Country Whole Young Parent Whole World Martial Arts Young Children

Author:Jackie Chan

“I have dogs in my house and much like teenagers at some point, they leave the parents. Even though they're in the same house, they live independently. I think that's how I live with the Chihuahuas.”

Thinking House Parent Dog Teenager Chihuahua

Author:George Lopez

“Sometimes [people] say the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. In my case, I am pretty fortunate. [ My kids]'re pretty balanced, cool kids, going through pretty much the same thing all the other kids go through. There's nothing unique about me as a parent. I am a parent. My kids are kids. We do the best we can do. I don't think they know a lot about what I do, other than that I am in this crazy band, Mötley Crüe.”

People Thinking Knows Sometimes Kids Fall Parent Can Do Cases Tree Crazy Band Unique Fortunate Apples Balanced Do The Best I Am Pretty Cool Kid

Author:Nikki Sixx

“Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.”

Thinking Feels Trying Hard Kids Parent Imagine Please Disappear Evening Granted Miserable Sunset

Author:Erma Bombeck

“I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.”

Thinking Kids Fall Parent Perfect Teaching Winner Traps

Author:Summer Sanders

“I think that parents ought to get some idea of how the so- called "experts" have changed their advice over the decades, so that they won't take them deadly seriously, and so that if the parent has the strong feeling, "I don't like this advice," the parent won't feel compelled to follow it. . . . So don't worry about trying to do a perfect job. There is no perfect job. There is no one way of raising your children.”

“Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have trouble putting events into perspective. They are absolute in their judgments and expect perfection in parents. They are likely to be self-conscious about their parent's failures and critical of their every move. They have the expectations that parents will keep them safe and happy and are shocked by the broken covenant. Adolescents are unforgiving.”

Source: Reviving Ophelia

“A parent who from his own childhood experience is convinced of the value of fairy tales will have no difficulty in answering his child's questions; but an adult who thinks these tales are only a bunch of lies had better not try telling them; he won't be able to related them in a way which would enrich the child's life.”

Thinking Way Trying Children Able Lying Values Parent Childhood Adults Difficulty Convinced Bunch Tales Related Fairy Fairy Tale

Book:The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales

Source: The uses of enchantment: the meaning and importance of fairy tales

“Although my parents have never been the kind to hint around about grandchildren, I can think of no better tribute to them than giving them some.... I can't help thinking that the cycle is not complete until I can introduce them to a child of their child. And I can think of no better comfort when they are gone than to know that something of them lives on, not only in me but in my children.”

Thinking Knows Giving Kind Children I Can Helping Parent Gone Generations Comfort My Children Cycles Introducing Grandchildren Hints Tribute

Author:Anne Cassidy

“The best way of thinking of an attachment in my view, is to see it as the outcome of an interaction between two people, each of whom contributes to the quality of the relationship. Most parents can promote a secure relationship with a calm, pleasant, patient baby. Only particularly sensitive and patient parents can promote a secure attachment to a difficult baby.”

People Thinking Way Two Parent Difficult Views Quality Baby Patient Calm Best Way Secure Sensitive Outcomes Pleasant Attachment Interaction Way Of Thinking Bonding

Author:Sandra Scarr

“Parents sometimes think of newborns as helpless creatures, but in fact parents' behavior is much more under the infant's control than the reverse. Does he come running when you cry?”

Thinking Doe Sometimes Facts Running Parent Cry Creatures Behavior Reverse Helpless Infant

Author:Sandra Scarr

“Mothers and fathers act in mostly similar ways toward their young children. Psychologists are still highlighting small differencesrather than the overwhelming similarities in parents' behaviors. I think this is a hangover from the 1950s re-emergence of father as a parent. He has to be special. The best summary of the evidence on mothers and fathers with their babies is that young children of both sexes, in most circumstances, like both parents equally well. Fathers, like mothers, are good parents first and gender representatives second.”

“There is one thing you and I as parents cannot do, not do we want to do if we really think about it, and that's control our children's will--that spirit that lets them be themselves apart from you and me. They are not ours to possess, control, manipulate, or even to make mind.”

Ifs Thinking Want Mind Children Spirit Parent One Thing Our Children Individuality Manipulate

Author:Barbara Coloroso

“In healthy families, children discover (through being listened to) that what they have to say is important and that their experiences and ideas (and they themselves) have worth. They are encouraged to think for themselves, express opinions, and make decisions for themselves. Parents supporting them in standing on their own two feet and doing what they think is right. Trusting and gaining confidence in themselves, they develop an inner locus of control.”

Thinking Children Two Important Ideas Parent Decision Opinion Feet Healthy Standing Independence Gaining Confidence Healthy Family

Book:On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

Source: On the Wings of Self-esteem: A Companion for Personal Transformation

“Conditional love is love that is turned off and on....Some parents only show their love after a child has done something that pleases them. "I love you, honey, for cleaning your room!" Children who think they need to earn love become people pleasers, or perfectionists. Those who are raised on conditional love never really feel loved.”

People Thinking Needs Feels Children Done Shows Parent Love Is Rooms Love You Please Raised Honey Cleaning Perfectionist Your Room Turned Off Conditional Pleasers Conditional Love

Author:Louise Hart

“Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of treating their adolescent child like a nonperson. . . . Adolescents deserve the same civility their parents routinely extend to total strangers.”

Thinking Children Dream Parent Adults Deserve Stranger Bullying Adolescence Civility Humiliating Belittle

Book:You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

Source: You and Your Adolescent, New and Revised edition: The Essential Guide for Ages 10-25

“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.”

People Thinking Reason Young Parent Forget Rocks Source Politician Despair Music Is Reflection Preacher Rock Music Reason To Live

Book:Wicked Game

Source: Wicked Game

“Some people have concerns about what it means to leave our responsibilities to robots. I think to some degree in every family, you've got siblings who disagree over the care for their parents.”

People Thinking Mean Care Parent Responsibility Degrees Concern Disagree Robots Sibling

Author:Jake Schreier

“I respect my parents' opinion very much. No matter how old you are, what your parents think is very important. If they like your boyfriend or if they like some work you've done. And if they don't, it's more shattering than anybody else telling you, because they're the most honest.”

Ifs Thinking Important Matter Done Parent Opinion Honest Like You Old You Shattering Your Boyfriend

Author:Olivia Newton-John

“I think it's hard for any parent to see anything negative said or done against your child and, when you can't directly do something about it, it's hard.”

Thinking Children Said Hard Done Parent Negative Our Children Your Children

Author:Pattie Mallette

“I guess I have sort of an atypical relationship with my mom for someone my age, because I think I started so young with the music thing and I had my parents always on the road with me. So at a time when I think I should have been rebelling like in high school, they were actually my best friends.”

Thinking Should Has Beens Age School Young Parent Mom High School Should Have My Mom My Best Friend Should Have Been

Author:Mandy Moore

“My mom has never been a big meddler and isn't like extremely opinionated or at least just doesn't voice it to me. She's sort of let me come into my own by myself and I think that's just a testament to what my parents did in terms of raising us.”

Thinking Bigs Parent Voice Term My Own Mom Let Me My Mom Testament Opinionated

Author:Mandy Moore

“My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us.”

People Thinking Care Parent Community Don't Care Indian Our Community

Author:Himanshu Suri

“Why do you think people don't think that homosexual parents are good? You don't know what a homosexual family looks like. I will be the role model for the good gay family. Don't let these children suffer without families because of your bias.”

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Author:Rosie O'Donnell

“You realize how much the relationship when kids are young can suffer. And it's important to make sure that you are able to spend some time with each other. As a father, the best thing you can do for the kid is to love the mom. Even as a parent, I believe that loving the mother is the most important thing. And even parents who maybe aren't together I think that's important for them as well to respect each other and to be kind to each other, because I think it does so much in who they would pick to be around, or how they feel about themselves.”

“When you have a child yourself, you go back and think about how you were parented, how you were mothered and what your parents did for you, and you just want to be able to call and ask them.”

Thinking Want Children Able Asks Parent

Author:Emily Deschanel

“I think the only thing harder for a parent is having to sit down and watch you do a dying scene. I've died in three films, and my mom begs me, "Just tell me you don't die at the end."”

Thinking Ends Film Dies Three Parent Watches Dying Mom Scene Harder Died Down And My Mom

Author:Garrett Hedlund

“Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.”

Thinking World Children Parent Term Focus

Author:Joanne Harris

“I have a song I wrote called “Autobiography.” I came from a very intense living situation, with having a parent on drugs and not having a lot of money. So I always want to talk about the real things. But I think 90 percent of my music, I want it to be 'feel-good music'. I'm already recording tracks for my album, but when it comes time to actually say, 'this is the album,' I may be in a completely different space than I'm in right now.”

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Author:Nicki Minaj

“I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.”

Thinking Children Parent Pleasure Seeing Succeed

Author:Jerry Reinsdorf

“I don't think women can have it all. I just don't think so...My husband and I have been married for 34 years, and we have two daughters. And every day you have to make a decision about whether you are going to be a wife or a mother. In fact, many times during the day you have to make those decisions...We co-opted our families to help us. We plan our lives meticulously so we can be decent parents. But if you ask our daughters, I'm not sure they will say that I've been a good mom.”

“I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, "Children, you must no make so much noise," that I do not think how soon the time may come when, beside the vacant seat, those parents would give all the world, could they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.”

Thinking World Giving May Children Parent Laughter Noise Seats Disturbed Vacant

Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge

“That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.”

Thinking Years Parent Five Wonderful Mets Tongue Five Years Tied Youngsters Atlanta Five Year Olds Tongue Tied Wonderful Parents

Book:Tuned to Baseball

Source: Tuned to Baseball

“It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children -- of any age -- grow up and become peers.”

Thinking Children Age Grows Parent Growing Up Peers

Author:Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

“When you gaze upon the lovely sight. Of twins, arm in arm, asleep at night. Think not that the house has been doubly messed. But that you, as parents, have been doubly blessed.”

Thinking Has Beens Night House Parent Arms Sight Blessed Lovely Twins

Author:John Walter Bratton

“Despite the long-term reduction in familial roles and functions, we believe that parents are still the world's greatest experts about the needs of their own children. Virtually any private or public program that supports parents, effectively supports children. This principle of supporting family vitality seems to us preferable to any policy that would have the state provide children directly with what it thinks they need.”

Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure

“I don't want kids listening to my music thinking it's for their parents. I want them to feel it's theirs.”

Thinking Want Feels Kids Parent Listening

Author:Mayer Hawthorne

“Parents must begin to discover their children as individuals of developing tastes and views and so help them be, and see, themselves as thinking, feeling people. It is far too easy for a middle-years child to absorb an over-simplified picture of himself as a sloppy, unreliable, careless, irresponsible, lazy creature and not much more--an attitude toward himself he will carry far beyond these years.”

People Thinking Years Children Helping Feelings Individual Easy Parent Views Attitude Middle Taste Creatures Individuality Developing Lazy Careless Irresponsible Unreliable Sloppy

Author:Dorothy H Cohen

“Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.”

Thinking Want Parent Healthy Happy Family Healthy Happy

Author:Mary Docter

“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

“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

“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

“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 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

“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 think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on.”

Thinking Want Children Important Parent Journey Goes On Adopted

Author:Madonna Ciccone

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