#parent

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#bargain #conclude #deception #end #infatuated

At about twelve I just knew, something clicked, and I knew I wanted to be an actor and my parents, to their credit, granted this 12 year old girl a chance to give it a try. ↗

— Erika Christensen

#actor #chance #clicked #credit #girl

Children learn much more from how you act than from what you tell them. There are times this worries me - we parents are rarely the role models we want to be. True for life. True for driving. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#children #driving #how #learn #life

Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood. ↗

— Robin G. Collingwood

#desire #even #intention #object #only

Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it. ↗

— Barbara Coloroso

#children #choice #gift #give #given

I've been working on my relationship with my parents and my sister over the years. ↗

— Tre Cool

#i #over #parents #relationship #sister

Children now expect their parents to audition for approval. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#audition #children #expect #now #parents

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#adopted #city #east #east side #eight

Parents are people who yell and they yell and they yell and they yell. And you already have the point... and they're still yelling. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#parents #people #point #still #who

The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#just #justice #parents #quiet #really