#parent

I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions. ↗

— Shannon Elizabeth

#always #been #behind #dad #decisions

I used to work, part time, in a deli, in those days when your parents made you work just so you should know what work was like. And you'd make 4, 5, 6, ten dollars. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#deli #dollars #i #just #know

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into. ↗

— Hector Elizondo

#dip #especially #experience #great #had

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#ever #first #had #holiday #i

I think I started learning lessons about being a good person long before I ever knew what basketball was. And that starts in the home, it starts with the parental influence. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #before #being #ever #good

My parents didn't have the opportunities that my wife and I have now, from a quality of life standpoint. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#life #now #opportunities #parents #quality

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#also #become #birth #bonding #break

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#better #children #come #consistently #divorced

Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#been #child #discourage #environment #kids

Parents should be the most important examples for their children. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#examples #important #most #parents #should