Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair. ”

Pose' makes the case that it's important to have some sort of family structure, even if you have to create one. You know, if I go back home for a while, my mom will be like, 'Oh, I didn't really throw you out the house.' And I know so many other LGBT parents who don't really own or talk about the rejection, and it prevents healing. ”

I was kicked out of my own house and had my own drag mother, you know, a house mother. Things with my family are great now - my mom and dad were at the premiere - but they had kicked me out. ”

After I came out to my mother at 17, I ran away from home and lived with a friend. We come from a highly religious family, and she could not accept it. It was devastating, and I was depressed. ”

I never got hugged as child. ”

Many parents know that hugging your children - telling them how amazing they are - is so important. Some parents, through no fault of their own, don't realise this. My mum was one of those who didn't realise, and I almost was too. ”

Child poverty is more than an abstract problem to me. It's something I know all too much about. ”

We as a nation cannot be satisfied with our children suffering health problems through no fault of their own. ”

Grammar schools are about stigmatising children, not on the grounds of their ability, but on their background. ”

We must ensure that every single child can go as far as their ability and their aspirations will take them. ”