#parent

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored. ↗

— Arna Bontemps

#anyone #colored #critic #dare #how

My parents were laborers so we lived on South Park, which was a low-income region of Seattle. You had a choice - you either joined or formed a gang or you let others bully you. ↗

— Jack Bowman

#choice #either #formed #gang #had

I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents. ↗

— Carol Moseley Braun

#actually #children #generation #give #going

It has long been apparent that many people in the media don't believe you're competent to make your own decisions. ↗

— Harry Browne

#been #believe #competent #decisions #long

Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children. ↗

— Patrick Buchanan

#evolution #godless #insist #parents #right

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too. ↗

— Steve Burns

#children #discerning #need #parents #put

The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroghs

#becomes #brain #conversations #direction #faculties

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#basically #beat #bright #drawn #father

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it. ↗

— Haim Ginott

#anything #generation #often #parents #talk

I was a complete tomboy. I loved wandering out in storms or walking on the beaches in the dark. It was a very free upbringing, and I'm grateful to my parents for that. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#complete #dark #free #grateful #i