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- 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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Achieving a balance between career and children doesn't necessarily mean the time is split evenly. Successful parents understand there will be times when their family will need more attention and times when a career will demand more energy.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents who achieve a successful work-life balance don't live and breathe to make their kids happy. Instead, they strive to raise independent children that will grow to become responsible adults.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents didn't play golf.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
My family kept its history to itself. On the plus side, I didn't have to hear nightmarish stories about the Holocaust, the pogroms, terrible illnesses, painful deaths. My elderly parents never even spoke about their ailments.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents assume strength rather than fragility in their children and therefore behave completely differently.
- Amazing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people don't need parental commitment, they will still come out great, but for others, parents can be critical in providing moral and academic guidance.
- Be Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm willing to be different than other parents and go against the mainstream.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately, I grew up in a traditional family where questioning was encouraged, particularly by my pandit grandfather. We are all voracious readers, seeking knowledge. I learn a lot from discussions with my wife, siblings and parents.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020