#parents

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#child #parents #power #steering #supplies

My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#background #because #came #cared #education

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#beautiful #child #divorced #gift #give

It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#almost #also #any #christmas #enjoyed

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#had #i #like #parents #privileged

Our children are not going to be just "our children" - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren. ↗

— Mary Calderone

#going #grandchildren #husbands #just #other

I was the one that put myself in rehab. I was the one that went to my parents and said, you know, 'I have a problem and I need to take care of it.' ↗

— Nicole Richie

#i #know #myself #need #parents

I was embarrassed when I went and told my parents that I was thinking about running for public office. ↗

— Bob Corker

#embarrassed #i #office #parents #public

My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world. ↗

— Warwick Davis

#anyone #armed #humor #me #need

The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#birth control #causes #control #evolution #into