Parents-and-children Quotes

In retrospect, it seems obvious that my research about parenting was also a means to subdue my anxie...

The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in...

It is not difficult for an unwise mother quite unintentionally to centre the heterosexual feelings o...

If children learn of sex as a relation between their parents to which they owe their own existence, ...

Both men and women who have children as a rule regulate their lives largely with reference to them, ...

It felt strange to call them directly, to hear her father’s “Hello?” after the second ring, and when...

I am not sure whether you could call this abuse, but when I was (long ago) abroad in the world of dr...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

Y'all know how much I love you? "Infinity and back again," I say the way I've said it a million time...

In those years before mobile phones, email and Skype, travelers depended on the rudimentary communic...

Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfr...

No mother is ever, completely, a child's idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the...

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're g...

It's easy for parents to pull the strings that make one dance...after all, they are the ones who tie...

As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.

…but the truly frightening thing was to learn that his mother was no stronger than he was, that the ...

They fuck you up, your mum and dad? No, that wasn't it at all. Well, they did do that, perhaps, but ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...

There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, ...