#parent

As parents, we need to talk to young people about drugs and make sure they understand that drugs are dangerous, addictive substances that can ruin their lives and harm their communities. ↗

— John Walters

#addictive #communities #dangerous #harm #lives

My grandfather was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who lived in Northern Ireland and apparently when he sang in the synagogue he made everyone cry. ↗

— Jessie Ware

#cry #everyone #grandfather #immigrant #ireland

People don't think about the fact that when Barack Obama's parents had him - it was illegal for them to be married in several states in this country. So if we start making it okay that certain people can marry and other people can't, it's a slippery slope of civil rights. Who knows who is going to be allowed to marry or not marry next. ↗

— Kerry Washington

#allowed #barack #certain #civil #civil rights

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#being #big #children #curve #grownup

Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#everything #faith #i #i am #old

I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a privilege for certain children whose parents have money. There are 72 million children in the world who don't go to school and many of them are in Africa. ↗

— George Weah

#believe #certain #child #children #education

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#arrived #been #country #dakota #first

One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#blessings #call #dad #greatest #mom

I have less energy than I did when I was a younger parent, although I was never really a young parent. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#did #energy #i #less #never