#parenting

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting, the 1960's, and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#community #dealing #fiction #gay #gay community

If Mother had to be told not to shove the entire brick of Ivory up Junior's hindquarters, constipation is the least of his problems. ↗

— James Lileks

#parenting #age

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there. ↗

— Robert Cormier

#always #bleak #family #family life #father

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them. ↗

— Anthony Edwards

#children #enough #father #going #having

We do children an enormous disservice when we assume that they cannot appreciate anything beyond drive through fare and nutritionally marginal, kid-targeted convenience foods. Our children are capable of consuming something that grew in a garden or on a tree and never saw a deep fryer. They are capable of making it through diner at a sit-down restaurant with tablecloths and no climbing equipment. Children deserve quality nourishment. ↗

— Victoria Moran

#diet #food #nutrition #parenting #beauty

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being. ↗

— Miriam Makeba

#focus #future #important #mothers #our

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#highways #important #important job #job #keeping

Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. ↗

— Martin Mull

#alley #bowling #bowling alley #brain #children

Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#about #blink #cliche #every #gone

There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom. ↗

— Marie Osmond

#ask #baby #change #different #doctor