Quotes by Parent However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process. Andrew S. Tanenbaum easier parent children My parents deeply and truly loved each other, and if my mother hadn't died they would have been together forever. They were together for as much of forever as was given to them. They really loved my brother and me and were very good to us. It gave the model of how to have a happy marriage and family, but it also set the bar very high. Andrew Solomon parent brother mother Kids with Down syndrome are, by and large, quite affectionate and relatively guileless, and frequently, the attachments to them grow and deepen. And the meaning that parents find in it grows and deepens. Andrew Solomon attachment parent kids All parenting turns on a crucial question: to what extent parents should accept their children for who they are, and to what extent they should help them become their best selves. Andrew Solomon parent self children I think it's up to the parents to determine whether what they're doing is consigning their child to difficulty. It's not as though they were crippling their children after they were born. Andrew Solomon parent children thinking I was in fact anxious about whether I would be any good at being a father. And then I met so many people who had been good parents under difficult circumstances, and I felt inspired by them. Andrew Solomon parent father people With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there. Andrew Solomon assuming parent children I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature. Andrew Stanton realizing parent approval A moral society will not set standards for becoming a parent, but it will establish irreducible minimums for maintaining that sacred status. Andrew Vachss maintaining sacred parent I like my life. I've had a good life. I think the reason is my parents taught me that life is a burden. But if you take it one day at a time, it's an easy burden. Andrew Young good-life parent thinking I wouldn't listen to my parents, but I found out that I absorbed. I never heard what they said - told me - but I did what they did. Andrew Young parent found said The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal. Andy Andrews parent mistake believe My parents just neglected me, I wasn't abused or anything. Andy Dick neglected parent A lot of things I try to instill in my children comes off of what I've learned from my parents. First of all, you have to lead by example. You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them. So I try to be the best example I can be to them. Andy Garcia parent kids children I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. Andy Gibb balance grew-up parent Think about it. Right now, a whole generation of young (customers) in the United States has been brought up to take computers for granted. Pointing a mouse is no more mysterious to them than hitting the "on" button on the television is to their parents. Andy Grove buttons parent thinking My parents, especially my mother, were no influence on me whatsoever. Andy Partridge parent mom mother I used to stay up at night and sneak into the TV room, past my parents, who were asleep, to watch Saturday Night's 'Main Event.' That's how I started watching SNL. On accident. Andy Samberg parent night past My father's family were liquidated during the Cultural Revolution in China because they were landowners. He was the only one to escape. I was born and brought up in Taiwan. But you absorb the trauma. My parents had no sense of security. Ang Lee taiwan parent father I was adopted legally around age three, but it's not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day. I was adopted by my foster parents, so I was comfortable with them. I wasn't in this alien place. Angel Olsen parent age thinking «56789101112131415»