Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

Those children who are beaten will in turn give beatings, those who are intimidated will be intimidating, those who are humiliated will impose humiliation, and those whose souls are murdered will murder. ”

It is possible to resolve childhood repression safely and without confusion - something that has always been disputed by the most respected schools of thought. ”

My mom used to bake so much when I was a child, and I have a big sweet tooth. ”

Memory is not pure. Memories told are not pure memories; memories told are stories. The storyteller will change them. I've always been interested in that. ”

I am trying to cultivate the notion that constantly misplacing one's cell phone is a charming eccentricity... my children aren't buying it. ”

For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile. ”

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working. ”

Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time! ”

My family traveled a lot. For a while we even lived in a trailer and traveled from campground to campground. If we got to eat at the Cheesecake Factory, it was the highlight of our whole year! But I don't miss having to share a bathroom with seven people or having powdered milk with my cereal. It was so nasty. ”

I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent. ”