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In our country, being from immigrant parents, growing up black in the South, coming out at 16 years old, being a teen parent... you would assume that my life would amount to nothing. And here I stand today. So, if I can do it... you can, too!

Military spouses may experience frequent moves, job changes, periods of being a single parent while their loved one is deployed - all while exhibiting pride, strength, and determination and being a part of something bigger than themselves.

I believe whoever has the most energy wins. You need energy to win at your relationship, win in your career, win as a parent, win at being your highest potential self.

In my family, there was one parent you asked for money and the other for permission to do things. You could never get both out of one parent.

When a parent comes into school waving a book and saying, 'Take this book away. I don't like this book.' I won't say in all cases, but in many cases, that will not happen anymore. It has to go through a proper review board. The complaining parent will have to fill out a complaint, you know, put it in writing.

My father died when I was still in college, and it was sudden, and he was my beloved parent, and you just can't imagine what you life is going to be like.

I wish I could prevent my kids from making all the mistakes I've made. But I can't do that. No parent can.

Parents still have a big influence on their kids - just ask any therapist. No, really, I think the parent is the most important influence on children: It's how they learn to love and treat other people.

I got into guitar because no parent will buy their eight-year-old kid drums unless they're divorced and trying to get back at their wife. You know what I mean?

I'm not one of those stand ups that's going to write a show about a big subject or try and tell you about the death of a parent or something.

You start getting hit with some very interesting situations in life - you as a parent - when they approach that teenage area, which is frightening because you still have memories of that age and the things you were doing at that age... Please don't do what I did.

It's lovely being a parent and being in a strong marriage with somebody who is your best friend.

Ninety per cent of being a parent is just being present and available.

There is nothing that compares to the bonding between parent and child in that first year of life. Study after study shows how both parents being involved in the early weeks and months of a child's life is good for the child's development.

Love is love. Family is family. A family's sexuality does not define the wonderful parent that they can be for their children.

I was not an ideal parent, and there were things that I did right and things I did wrong.

Being a parent has been such a wonderful privilege for me. My kids make me laugh and cry, but there are definitely more laughs. They really do give my life meaning.

I think that being a parent has expanded my writing, expanded my understanding of my characters, and has added a depth and richness to my work. Having kids deepened my idea of parenting and all the anxieties that come along with it.

As a parent, you want to protect your children, but the fact of racism in this country, of inequality, that is still a lesson my children are going to have to learn. I can't protect my kids from that.

Losing your parent is unlike anything.

They're my instructors, and every parent will understand that.