Parents have to really talk to their children before they leave home. Aretha Franklin childhomeleave Change image and share on social
Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid. Chaz Bono blamekidparent Change image and share on social
Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children. Jane Howard avoidchilddoom share on social
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their children who have the notion that writing is an actual profession. I say this from experience. Susan Orlean actualchildexperience share on social
Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on. Camryn Manheim buttonheyparent Change image and share on social
Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life. Muriel Spark childcopelearn Change image and share on social
Parents learn the uses of power and its limits. They can insist on certain outward behavior but cannot change inner attitudes. They can require obedience but not goodness - and certainly not love. Philip Yancey attitudebehaviorchange Change image and share on social
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. George Santayana childendowexperience Change image and share on social
Parents like options when it comes to their children's education. And they respond to quality. Dan Webster childeducationoption Change image and share on social
Parents like the idea of kids, they just don't like their kids. Morley Safer ideakidparent Change image and share on social
