#rents

A warm feeling comforted the boy, as if a blanket were wrapping its soft layers around his heart and nuzzling him snuggly. Gavin loved his mother, and he would be forever grateful to his father for protecting her. The whole mystery behind it made him itch with curiosity, however. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#curiosity #father #gratitude #love #mother

My parents were like June and Ward Cleaver; there was nothing dysfunctional about them. ↗

— Kelly Ripa

#cleaver #dysfunctional #june #like #nothing

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

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#another #any #apply #biological #child

There are just hundreds of people that have inspired and influenced me in a number of different ways. First of all, you can't forget your parents and all they've done to help you to get here. ↗

— Michael P. Anderson

#different ways #done #first #first of all #forget

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived? ↗

— Boris Becker

#ask #conceived #does #how #parents