#rents

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #child #criticism #important #important tools

There are some parents who have really done it right and told their kid, 'You know, we have this dough, none of this is for you. You have to get your own.' ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#dough #get #kid #know #none

We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both. ↗

— Bridgette Wilson

#be different #because #both #dad #different

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#faults #forgive #instilled #least #parents

It can be very difficult to trace your birth parents. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#difficult #parents #trace #very #your

My parents always knew I was hopeless at everything else, I was fortunate in that I was backed all the way. I came to it late and only because I thought there'd be loads of women and drinking! ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#backed #because #came #drinking #else

How can it be, after all this concentrated effort and separation, how can it be that I still resemble, so very closely, my own detestable mother? ↗

— Gabrielle Hamilton

#becoming-your-parents #family #growing-up #humor #parents

Being an only child and losing both my parents at an early age, I have found that the friends I have made over the years are the people who help me get through life, good times and bad. ↗

— Fannie Flagg

#bad #being #both #child #early

Nobody cooks anymore. To me, to watch your parents cook, and to have a house that smells warm and delicious, is a very vital memory that I think kids don't really have anymore. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#cook #cooks #delicious #house #i

To have my fan club. I am very proud of doing everything. I try to support my parents, friends and fans. I am also proud of my performing in the visual arts, and motion television. ↗

— Chris Burke

#am #arts #club #doing #everything