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I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#back #child #feel #find #hadn

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#benchmark #equals #fat #generation #parents

I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#always #case #child #could #felt

It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#agreed #children #classroom #commonly #conversation

Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#cameras #classrooms #greater #parents #substitute

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#apparently #doing #duty #else #unfitted

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. ↗

— Richard Whately

#curiosity #memory #much #parent

Even when I was little and going on auditions, it was clear who was there because they wanted to be there, and who was there because their stage parents were making them be there. There was a major difference. ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#because #clear #difference #even #going

But I think role models also start in the home with your parents. ↗

— Dominique Wilkins

#home #i #i think #models #parents

When I was younger and my parents used to always slap my hand if I was picking my nose or if I was running around screaming I was told to shut up. ↗

— Prince William

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