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“I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.”
“I skated and rode bikes on ramps, and my mom was always super supportive. She was one of the only divorced moms in the neighborhood, so all the other parents looked down upon her for letting her ki...”
“I came out to my parents when I was a junior in college. And it was pretty fine. They were more concerned with why I wasn't dating anyone. But now I'm 36, and I still don't date anyone.”
“Is there a doctor in the house? My parents want me to marry you.”
“Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.”
“Acting was important, but it was not as important as getting an education, and I credit my parents with a lot of that.”
“Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.”
“My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.”
“I have a very close relationship with my parents.”
“I loathe the trivialization of poetry that happens in creative writing classes. Teachers set exercises to stimulate subject matter: Write a poem about an imaginary landscape with real people in it....”
“You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.”
“For me, the interesting thing about anorexia is that you show your wound. There's no hiding it. So my anger and sense of disappointment, all the stuff I was out of touch with, became this visible r...”
“I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.”
“In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.”
“I'm more married to Sandy now than when we were married with the legal document. We're still married as parents.”
“Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.”
“People ask if my parents are hippies, but they're actually very conservative. A girl called Rebel sang at their wedding, and that's where my name came from.”
“When I was growing up, my parents were almost involved in various volunteer things. My dad was head of Planned Parenthood. And it was very controversial to be involved with that.”
“My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension.”
“I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.”
