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Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. — Lord Mountbatten

It is rare, I think, for parents to let their children
of any age
grow up and become peers. — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Love between man and woman is unstable, but the beautiful love that springs from companionship of
children and parents lasts until the end. — R.L. Alsaker

I had always wanted to have children, so it caused me a lot of grief when I was younger, and I had supposed that gay people could not be parents. — Andrew Solomon

The sight of parents, children and grandparents all descending on a tented field to enjoy the pleasure of ideas and books renews my faith in humanity. — Mariella Frostrup

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. — David Brin

Parents are always more knowledgeable than their children, and children are always smarter than their parents. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannise their teachers. — Socrates

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize. — Bill Drayton

An informed parent or caregiver becomes empowered, and empowerment can lead to the best care for our children. — Charisse Montgomery

The path of development is a journey of discovery that is clear only in retrospect, and it's rarely a straight line. — Eileen Kennedy-Moore

My son is an integral part of my life; the fact of life is that parents and children need you; wife doesn't really need you. — Sonu Nigam

Divide and rule. It wasn't just the British toward the Indians but all parents toward their children. — Karan Mahajan

Education is a task for both parents and state. The state, parents, and children all have interests that must be protected. — John Goodlad

Children are the most important asset in a country. For them to become that asset, they must receive education and love from their parents. — Nelson Mandela

I don't think it matters how many parents you've got, as long as those who are around make their presence a good one. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Leave your mark on the world by leaving behind a child who grows up to love and serve the Lord. — Elizabeth George

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

It was a soulless gaze, burning with a wild hatred that shouldn't be there in anyone who could call themselves a parent. — Jess C. Scott

In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families. — Boyd K. Packer

My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor. — Mike Berenstain

Research shows that parents are the single biggest influence on children - if you are worried about your teen and drugs, talk to them. — John Walters

My parents are aging and there are difficult issues. It's strange to have children at the beginning of life and parents nearing the end. — Amy Waldman

Adoption is the most intentional process on Earth. — Jody Cantrell Dyer

Love and spiritual values received from parents are the strongest assets for a child to face the various trials of adulthood. — Mata Amritanandamayi

There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

And what did you say?" "I said I think that all children do better with happy parents than married parents. — Caroline Kepnes

I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. — Geraldo Rivera

And if one day there's distance
Between your hand and mine,
When our hands join once again,
My heart and soul will shine. — Glyncora Murphy

And a great misunderstanding is that children think their parents are grown-up, and parents feel obliged to act as if they were. — Anna Quindlen

A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children. — Dave Barry

Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health. — Rand Paul

Parents should plant deeply the seed of the work ethic into the hearts and habits of their children. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

I was missing the opportunity to see my friends' children grow up, to have my son go to his friends' homes and be involved with their parents. — Karen Hughes

By loving them for more than their abilities we show our children that they are much more than the sum of their accomplishments. — Eileen Kennedy-Moore

I'd like to thank my parents for making this night possible. And my children for making it necessary. — Victor Borge

Whenever we release our need to be right about everything as parents, we are able to meet our children in a relationship of mutuality and respect. — Arjuna Ardagh

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children — George Will

Education is the best gift my parent gave me. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. — Zachary Quinto

As a child, I was called stupid and lazy. On the SAT I got 159 out of 800 in math. My parents had no idea that I had a learning disability. — Henry Winkler

The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them. — Leo Buscaglia

The best thing parents can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. — Carol S. Dweck

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. — Barbara Walters

Parents are the great well wishers of their child, no one else more than them. — Kusum Manjeshri

Both my parents were doctors, and my mother had her surgery in the house. There were six children. — Diane Cilento

Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity. — Ellen G. White

Caring about the welfare of children and shaming parents are mutually exclusive endeavors. — Brene Brown

It's essentially encouraging parents, teachers, and caretakers to remind children how special they are on a regular basis. — Debra Messing

I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up. — Leonardo DiCaprio

A child of God, special possession. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education. — Sandra Day O'Connor

A criminal always returns home. — Ljupka Cvetanova

Sometimes parents don't know their children, he thought. But sometimes a parent knows her child better than anyone else, and — Henning Mankell

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy. — Simon Callow

Dweck encourages parents and teachers to praise children for their effort, rather than their intelligence, talent, or looks. — Megan McArdle

My mother was adored by her family and by the scores of children she took care of and their parents, all of whom called her 'Miss Woody.' — Judy Woodruff

I was the oldest child, and both my parents worked, so I had a great deal of responsibility from a very young age. — Suzanne Vega

Children are responsible individuals in embryo. They have ultimate rights of their own and are not simply the playthings of their parents. — Milton Friedman

One of the things about parents and children is that there is no way that you go through this without there being mutual anger. — Anne Roiphe

The phrase 'Boys will be boys,' reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Two things children shall receive from their parents: roots and wings — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I have always been motivated by a greater good. As a child, I was taught by my parents to be good and to do good at all times and in all ways! — James May

Children become frustrated and resentful when they view their parents as not being interested in how they feel and in their point of view. — Haim G. Ginott

Always bear in mind how you act because children could copy your style. — Eraldo Banovac

I think about my own sons and my own daughters, and I'm sure that many parents are concerned about what their children are exposed to. — Billy Graham

The wants of the grandparents has become the needs of the parents and the rights of the children. — R.K. Koslowsky

My mom says the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, but I'm hopeful that their tree was on a hill and I'm rolling farther away as write — Kristin Billerbeck

Save the children of the World from their acidic lifestyles and diets and their acidic parents who are feeding them. — Robert O. Young

Parents are the barometers of emotions for children and it has a domino effect. — Cecelia Ahern

I am a member of the 'sandwich' generation, that group that must simultaneously care for elderly parents and support children. — Sandra Tsing Loh

Parents who take care of their children will find peace. And children who take care of their parents will also find peace. — Danielle Barone

Living with you will be like
aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect. — Ted Chiang

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy. — Walter Dean Myers

From a child I was taught to forgive and forget, but it's difficult to forget these things, the loss of parents, of children and grandchildren. — Ann Leckie

parents pushed shopping carts filled with boxes of all shapes and sizes, as well as screaming children of all shapes and sizes. I — Cindy Sample

There is no home as comfortable as your father's arms and no bed as soft as your mother's lap. — Faraaz Kazi

After you're finished celebrating your 60th birthday, feel free to stop supporting your children, and start supporting your parents! — Joe Dean

Our children are not going to be just 'our children' - they are going to be other people's husbands and wives and the parents of our grandchildren. — Mary Calderone

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists. — Phyllis Schlafly

As a rule children of tough and imperious parents sticking to authoritarian method of upbringing have a victim complex — Sunday Adelaja

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do. — Maurice Sendak

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Why didn't children ever see that they could damage and harm their parents as much as parents could damage and harm children? — Laura Z. Hobson

Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses. — Fred Rogers

I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. — J. C. Watts

Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children. — Leon Kass

Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives. — John McCain

It's easy for parents to pull the strings that make one dance ... after all, they are the ones who tied those strings in the first place — Mercedes Lackey

Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down. — Stacey Lee

A change in those moments, some switch turned off forever, the end of trust or safety or love, and how do we ever find the switch again? — David Vann

The first and finest lesson that parents can teach their children is faith and courage. — Smiley Blanton

Parent should never forget the great excitement they felt for the birth of a new born into the world. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I like it ... I made it so I have to like it. Which, by the way, is how parents should feel. — Hannah Hart

Parent greatest gift to their children is their bond of love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. — Clarence Darrow

Children are begotten by their parents out of sheer malice and dragged into the world out of the greatest imaginable inconsiderateness. — Thomas Bernhard

Your child is least interested in what the report card says.
All that matters to him / her is what you say on seeing the report card. — Manoj Arora

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. — Maya Angelou

There are no perfect parents, and there are no perfect children, but there are plenty of perfect moments along the way. — Dave Willis