409 Quotes About Parents-and-children

Nearly all parents I know can sum up their aspirations for their children in one word: better.

The parents who abandon their children when they are small, for the strangers to raise them up, shows parents irresponsibility, lack of love and negligence of well-being of Childs mental and emotional health,

STATEMENT OF FACT: Parents don't always know what is best for their children.

...a good parent is as rare as snow in summer, I am afraid. Well." He smiled sadly. "It is possible I have some prejudices in this respect.

চাবি ছাড়াও মায়ের আঁচলে আমিও তো বাঁধা থাকি।

A reader might think that this is, obviously, a kind of misplaced parental anxiety and love. And they might be right. But I felt like I was losing my mind. There was no trust, no affection, no listening, just ignorant micromanagement. It felt like I was existing in a parallel universe where everything I'd just done with my life, everything I was doing with my life, hadn't made any difference at all. I was a kid again, useless. Nothing was mine—not my time, not my schedule, not my choices.

How much of my dad do I know? He never tells me about his childhood or his adulthood for that matter. I know some basic facts: his date and place of birth, what kinds of foods he likes, his favorite English poet, and so on. But now I realize it’s not much. Then again, how much is there really to know about a person?

In a family that doesn’t do brilliant, you are threatening to change the game.

I even presume to sit at his desk while I write this book, hoping some magical transference will take place and I’ll be gifted, if only for this moment, with his way with words. I feel like a boy trying to fit into his dad’s running shoes.