"I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'."
Bernie Mac
"I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give."
Anonymous
"Blood is thicker than water, but they still use corn starch as a thickener on cooking shows."
Josh Stern
"I came running down the stairs that morning, like it was Christmas. My parents were already up. In my family, presents never waited; they were there upon waking. Our family has a problem with what they called delayed gratification. We want what we want when we want it, and we always want it now."
Neal Shusterman
"A grandmother’s love is selfless all the way to the bones."
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
"To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting."
Amy Chua
"The women in your family have never lost touch with one another. Death is a path we take to meet on the other side."
Anonymous
"I am reminded that the children we birth do not belong to us. They belong to God. We are simply the vessel through which they arrive on this earth. We are appointed to care for and guide them; however, we must recognize when the time comes for them to govern their own lives."
Nancy B. Brewer
"If women could regard childbearing not as a duty or an inescapable destiny but as a privilege to be worked for, the ay a man might work for the right to have a family, children might grow up without the burden of gratitude for the gift of life which they never asked for."
Germaine Greer
"My husband lost a lot of weight on a new diet and I resent it. It's simple he just doesn't eat when I'm talking."
Wendy Morgan
"Who were these people? Where was all this joy, and where does joy go when it leaves your family? Does it go into someone else's family, soak into the earth, or does it dissolve away like your breath in the winter? And if it doesn't leave like this, then why isn't there any left for me?"
Crystal Chan
"Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending."
Virginia Satir
"My most important title is still “mom-in-chief.” My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world."
Michelle Obama
"Daddy,' I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. 'I love you.'Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his mouth lifted in a smile. 'I knew that,' he murmured. 'Always knew that."
Morgan Matson
"At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Maugham's 'Introduction To Modern English And American Literature.' To this day I keep it on the shelf between my collection of Forester's works and the little urn that contains my mother's ashes."
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