#pare

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life. ↗

— Marion Jones

#father #involved #life #light #mom

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ambivalent #babies #being #being human #best

I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#hatch #helping #i #out #prepared

My parents got married late and they had kids late, so I never felt a social or cultural thing to be married or pregnant or a homeowner by a certain age. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#certain #certain age #cultural #felt #got

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ↗

— Horace

#adversity #bad #bad times #change #fears

It's hard to compare actors from different generations. ↗

— Kim Hunter

#different #generations #hard

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#entered #into #like #needed #our

If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#best #boxer #boxers #compare #i

My parents were in short street, so they had to go abroad to economize. ↗

— Queen Mary

#economize #go #had #parents #short