#parent

My kids have moved more in their twenties, you know, than my parents have moved in nearly 40-something years of marriage before they died. So there's a part of me that laments what we have lost, and that is a sense of community. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#community #died #kids #know #lost

I went on countless auditions. I begged my parents until I finally was allowed to be in a theatrical play when I was 13. It was the most important thing in my life. ↗

— Kate Hudson

#auditions #begged #countless #finally #i

But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children. ↗

— Arianna Huffington

#approved #because #being #bring #children

You are more likely to be overweight if your friend's, friend's friend is overweight than if your parents are overweight. ↗

— Mark Hyman

#likely #more #overweight #parents #than

My parents both were doing the Civil Rights Movement, were very involved with the civil rights to Congress. And my friends' parents were as well. ↗

— Janis Ian

#civil #civil rights #civil rights movement #congress #doing

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#background #both #carry #classical #classical music

Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#better #better chance #born #both #chance

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian. ↗

— Jeff Goldblum

#apparently #original #russian #settlers #were

In addition, the bill passed by the House requires a person performing an abortion on a minor from a different state to notify one parent in the home state. ↗

— Virgil Goode

#addition #bill #different #home #home state

One of the nicest satisfactions you can have is to be able to give something back to your parents when they've given so much to you. ↗

— Dwight Gooden

#back #give #given #much #nicest