“My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.” ParentClassMiddlePositionBackgroundsCombinationOddMiddle ClassPrivilegedWorking ClassUpbringing Author:Denise Mina
“Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” IfsWantWellsMayChildrenDoneParentSharePositionDutyThings DoneDo It Yourself Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“It seems like people my age are over-protected today, even to the point where a lot of parents refuse to put their kids in the position to make important decisions, to aspire to great things, because they don't want to put them in a position to fail.” PeopleWantImportantSeemsKidsAgeTodayParentDecisionFailingPositionRefuseGreat ThingsProtectedAspireImportant Decisions Book:Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas Source: Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas
“Today's parents have little authority over those others with whom they share the task of raising their children. On the contrary,most parents deal with those others from a position of inferiority or helplessness. Teacher, doctors, social workers, or television producers possess more status than most parents.... As a result, the parent today isa maestro trying to conduct an orchestra of players who have never met and who play from a multitude of different scores, each in a notation the conductor cannot read.” TryingChildrenLittlesDifferentPlayTodaySocialParentResultsDealsTeacherPlayerSharePositionTelevisionMetsAuthorityTasksDoctorsWorkersContraryProducersScoreMultitudesOrchestraHelplessnessInferiorityConductorSocial WorkerMaestro Author:Kenneth Keniston
“My parents and grandparents always made me feel fortunate. I'm in a position to help others feel the same. It's just in my heart and is something I feel very very strong about.” FeelsHeartMadeHelpingStrongParentPositionMy HeartHelping OthersFortunateVery StrongGrandparentParents And Grandparents Author:Kevin Martin
“Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment. Shame (and praise) help the child to internalize the parent's judgment. It impresses upon the child that the parent is not only more powerful but also right. Like the Puritans, Locke (in 1690), wanted the child to adopt the parent's moral position, rather than simply bow to superior strength or social pressure.” ChildrenHelpingActionWantedSocialParentPowerfulMoralPositionJudgmentPressurePraiseShameGuiltPunishmentSuperiorsRebellionBowsImpressPuritanHardenedSocial Pressure Author:C. Sommerville
“Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and able to achieve things that you couldn't.” TryingKidsAbleParentPowerfulAchievePositionStrongerGood Parent Author:Timothy Olyphant
“As I look back on it now, I'm thinking of one very vital factor, that one factor being that I was afforded the luxury - the luxurious opportunity - of finally being able to put something back. As a child growing up, it was his [Frank Sinatra] efforts that put a roof over my head, food in my stomach, clothes on my back, and that got me an education and sent me to the doctor when I was sick. All those things a child could benefit from parent. I did not want to be in a position where all I had ever done was take, take, take, frankly.” ThinkingWantLooksChildrenDoneAbleOpportunityParentEffortGrowing UpGrowingPositionBenefitsClothesDoctorsSickFactorsLuxuryStomachFrankRoofLuxuriousChildren Growing UpGrowing Children Author:Frank Sinatra, Jr.