#parents

Listen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline and teach, fight and mold them until they know all he knows. His goal is to make them better than he is. Being their friend is a distant second to this. ↗

— Victor Devlin

#fathers #men #parents #men

I cannot separate the man you are now from the boy you were then, and it's killing me. I wanted everything for you, son. I still do. ↗

— Blake Crouch

#love #parents #love

When I was a boy, I passed a homeless man, drunk and begging on a street corner. My father, sensing my disgust, said something I never forgot, that I think of every time I see your face on the news or in the paper- "That man was once someone's little boy. ↗

— Blake Crouch

#parents #love

A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children ↗

— Markus Zusak

#love #parents #love

After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers – to their farther trial of their noble independence however they never were exposed. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love-and-friendship #marriage #parents #satire

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time I would become a concert pianist. So, both my day job and my spare time were sort of taken care of. ↗

— Amy Tan

#both #care #concert #concert pianist #day

Change is a contact sport. ↗

— Romal J. Tune

#education #teenagers-and-parents #teens #youth-motivational-speaker #change

My parents separated when I was younger. ↗

— Tina Turner

#parents #separated #younger

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#begin #children #ever #forgive #judge

Many working mothers feel guilty about not being at home. And when they are there, they wish it could be perfect. This pressure to make every minute happy puts working parents in a bind when it comes to setting limits and modifying behavior. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#behavior #being #bind #comes #could