Some articles on parents:
... Illinois in 1909 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, the only surviving son of Benjamin Alinsky's marriage to his second wife, Sarah Tannenbaum Alinsky ... Alinsky stated during an interview that his parents never became involved in the "new socialist movement." He added that they were "strict orthodox, their whole life revolved around work and synagogue.. ... Jew until the age of 12, after which time he began to fear that his parents would force him to become a rabbi ...
... consistent in showing that lesbian and gay parents are as fit and capable as heterosexual parents, and their children are as psychologically healthy and well-adjusted as children ...
... Kateryna Yushchenko’s parents met in Germany, married, and gave birth to her sister Lydia in 1945 ...
... and the loss of their social status, both of Granger's parents began to drink heavily ... apartment in a seedy part of Hollywood, and Granger's parents worked at various temporary jobs ... following morning Gersh contacted Granger's parents and asked them to bring him to his office that afternoon to discuss the role of Damian, a teenaged Russian boy in the ...
... Closed and secret records reassured adoptive parents from the fear of returning biological parents ... taking the children from "unmarried mothers" and "giving them" to adoptive parents became the norm during the BSE ... biological mothers were told to keep their child a secret, and adoptive parents told to treat the child "as if born to" ...
Famous quotes containing the word parents:
“Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave in ways that give their parents pleasure rather than displeasure. it may even be our own long-ago fear of losing our parents’ love that now sometimes makes us uneasy about setting and maintaining limits. We’re afraid we’ll lose the love of our children when we don’t let them have their way.”
—Fred Rogers (20th century)
“Children and old people and the parents in between should be able to live together, in order to learn how to die with grace, together. And I fear that this is purely utopian fantasy ...”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“Families need families. Parents need to be parented. Grandparents, aunts, and uncles are back in fashion because they are necessary. Stresses on many families are out of proportion to anything two parents can handle.”
—T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)