#parent

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

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves. ↗

— Tipper Gore

#address #ask #children #consequences #discuss

We need to make sure parents and coaches are aware of the dangers an on the look-out for the warning signs. Performance enhancing drugs are too damaging to young people for parents and coaches to not be involved. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#coaches #damaging #dangers #enhancing #involved

As a child I had dealt with a lot of loss and grief. I was constantly losing my parents, losing my home, constantly moving around, living with this stranger, that stepfather, or whatever. ↗

— Erin Gray

#child #constantly #dealt #grief #had

I was lucky I was raised by parents who gave me a lot of sense of self and a lot of confidence in myself. ↗

— Sprague Grayden

#gave #i #i was raised #lot #lucky

Yet, if the most frequent sex and apparently the best sex is that between married partners who are faithful to one another, is there not a hint that affection might be an important aspect of sex? Even love? ↗

— Andrew Greeley

#another #apparently #aspect #best #between

But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own - we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#bodies #children #control #crawl #few

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have. ↗

— Matt Groening

#just #listen #more #much #parents