#parent

Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#appeared #because #being #big #comforted

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#age #aim #apparent #between #childhood

I believe there ought to be school choice, so that parents can choose within the public school system. ↗

— William H. Gray

#choice #choose #i #i believe #ought

When a child is bruised physically or emotionally, parents often reward him with a treat. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#child #emotionally #him #often #parents

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance. ↗

— Gregory Hines

#could #dance #dancing #i #parents

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. ↗

— Michael Levine

#parenting

I was a single parent, and I was prohibited from working. ↗

— Alison Moyet

#parent #prohibited #single #single parent #working

My parents were very artistic, but busy. ↗

— Katey Sagal

#busy #parents #very #were

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#common #common enemy #enemy #get #grandchildren

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#easy #every #every day #great #help