- Nov 07, 2020
Parents Quotes
On parents, and the paths they set.
This collection covers a filmmaker's frustration that an age rating kept her intended teenage audience away, and a memory of parents who worked as preachers shaping an early sense of faith. For a poetic take on family, see Shayari.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Kids
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems.
- Courage
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen a shift in general about the literacy of the public to what Tourette's is. And that's a testament to local kids and parents having the courage to share their experience.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in a real minority as far as having really supportive parents in regards to the arts. They never batted an eye as far as not letting me do that stuff. That's invaluable. I can't believe how unabashedly supportive they were about everything, between music and acting.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
As parents, we need to send our kids back to 'old-fashioned' outdoor summer camps, which have been on the decline as the demand for sports and academics-based camps has risen. We need to fight budget cuts to public parks programs and resist closures of public swimming pools and playgrounds.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had to rebel against my parents; I never had that sort of teen-angst thing where you didn't get along with them. My dad's always been my buddy.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I delivered Chinese food on Long island, which is pretty depressing. I lived with my parents and did that for six months. I got a job a few towns over from mine so I wouldn't have to see people from my high school.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I left my parents' home when I was 19, I went to the University of Florida, and within 24 hours was in the mental health department. And within 20 minutes, I was being told by the director there that they didn't have what I needed there.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Turning 30 was when my parents both got cancer and were fighting it and beat it, but their mortality started to get to me. Everything wasn't as hunky-dory like it was.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents always wanted me to know why eating healthfully was important to overall performance, probably to drown out my whining for junk food.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
Figuring out how to eat healthfully on your own without your parents' guidance is one of the hardest lessons you must learn when you leave home for college.
- Left
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020