#parent

A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp. ↗

— Raymond Duncan

#lot #off #pack #parents #send

My parents didn't really know one another. ↗

— Christopher Durang

#know #parents #really

When my parents separated, I was very grateful. ↗

— Christopher Durang

#i #parents #separated #very

I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day. ↗

— Bridget Fonda

#day #i #i can #mean #nasty

My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill. ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#bill #bought #enlisted #got #home

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#entered #into #like #needed #our

Apparently, I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me. ↗

— Jon Lovitz

#i #lot #me #people #said

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep. ↗

— Erica Jong

#ambivalent #babies #being #being human #best

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#else #having #heroes #i #parents