“I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today.” FeelsStoriesTodaySchoolRememberMotherFatherParentTakenTaughtImpactHearingAshamedNativeNative AmericanGrandparentMother And FatherReservationsParents And Grandparents Author:Chaske Spencer
“In America, people rarely stay in the town where they grew up, rarely stay in close proximity to their parents throughout their lives. You rarely find parents in their old age being taken care of by their children.” PeopleChildrenCareAgeAmericaParentTakenGrewGrew UpTownsOld AgeProximity Author:Robert Benton
“I have parents come up to me and say, 'I don't know who you are, but my kid wants his picture taken with you.” KnowsWantKidsParentTakenWho You AreCome UpPicture Taken Author:Devon Werkheiser
“Does sex education encourage sex? Many parents are afraid that talking about sex with their teenagers will be taken as permission for the teen to have sex. Nothing could be further from the truth. If anything, the more children learn abour sexuality from talking with their parents and teachers and reading accurate books, the less they feel compelled to find out for themselves.” IfsFeelsChildrenDoeBookReadingSexParentTalkingTakenTeacherSexualityTeenagerAccuratePermissionCompelledSex EducationParents And Teachers Author:Benjamin Spock
“The thing that strikes me now when I think about the Wilderness of Childhood is the incredible degree of freedom my parents gave me to adventure there. A very grave, very significant shift in our idea of childhood has occurred since then. The Wilderness of Childhood is gone; the days of adventure are past. The land ruled by children, to which a kid might exile himself for at least some portion of every day from the neighboring kingdom of adulthood, has in large part been taken over, co-opted, colonized, and finally absorbed by the neighbors.” ThinkingChildrenIdeasMightKidsPastParentGoneTakenLandChildhoodAdventureDegreesIncrediblesStrikesNeighborSignificantGravesKingdomsWildernessPortionsAdulthoodExile Author:Michael Chabon
“I told my parents, 'You've taken care of me all my life, helped me through college. You've been awesome, but now it's my turn to be my own man.'” MenCareTurnsParentMy OwnTakenCollege Author:Eric Close
“I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.” BookCountryFeelingsHomeWantedParentTakenSawsPoetGrewComfortableGrew UpLibraryIrelandBookshopsWriters And Poets Author:Michael Scott
“The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.” MatterHomeHandsGovernmentRunningSchoolParentCan DoNumbersAttitudeEconomyTakenGrowingWonderfulExamplePhenomenonPublic SchoolSchoolingCan Do AttitudeDisenchanted Book:A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America Source: A New Birth of Freedom: Vision for America
“Growing up in Los Angeles, I was incredibly fortunate to be taken to theatre by my parents to see everything at the Music Center, at UCLA and beyond. I just adored it.” ParentGrowing UpTakenGrowingTheatreFortunateLos AngelesUcla Author:Dori Berinstein
“For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you'd would wake up times and hope that the next day you'd be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.” TryingHomeCareAbleMotherNextParentKnowingTakenMomWake UpMy MomHouseholdNext DaySingle ParentBeing A Single Parent Author:LeBron James