Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

I don't want to be the crazy showbiz family. When I walk into the PTA meetings with my sensible flat shoes and my sensible short wig, I do not look crazy. ”

I no longer believe in fad diets, crash diets... yes, I did have a jump-start because years ago I did get the liposuction and a tummy tuck, but I have to say that, if there is a poster child for plastic surgery and the jump-off to a new lifestyle, it would be me. ”

I grew up in a single-family detached house. My parents are wonderful. ”

My art form is my child, and that's what I give my focus to. ”

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. ”

I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. ”

I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children. ”

Most of my childhood is a big blur, 'cause I needed better glasses. ”

Across the globe, disadvantaged children are not living up to their potential because if they attend school at all, the schools are usually not designed to meet their extra needs. ”

The U.S. has a long history of walking up to the precipice of rigor and then walking away. As voters, let's support leaders who were courageous enough to make the hard decisions necessary to move our system forward. And as parents, let's put our faith in our educators, our children and tests that hold them to their highest potential. ”