#parents

When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.' ↗

— Thomas Friedman

#daughters #dinner #finish #growing #growing up

The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body. ↗

— Yehuda Amichai

#love

We must do all we can to empower parents and communities to protect our youth and to encourage healthy behavior free from binge drinking and other forms of alcohol abuse. ↗

— Jon Corzine

#alcohol #behavior #binge #communities #drinking

I'm doing naughty things, I'm drinking too much, I'm going to clubs. It really didn't matter to me, other than the fact that some parents wouldn't let their kids hang out with me. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#doing #drinking #fact #going #hang

My whole family actually, but my parents. I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business and I still have stuff to do at their house. ↗

— Kaley Cuoco

#actually #amazing #been #business #childhood

I have a real passion for children. I always wanted to teach and only became an athlete because my parents told my brother Parenthesis and me that we should use any God-given talent we had. ↗

— Gail Devers

#any #athlete #became #because #brother

I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#children #first #frequently #gained #i

I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#dad #get #gum #how #i

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#choice #inherited #kind #parent #parents

The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children. ↗

— Edward VIII

#america #children #impresses #me #most