As I would soon learn myself, cleaning up what a parent leaves behind stirs up dust, both literal and metaphorical. It dredges up memories. You feel like you’re a kid again, poking around in your parents’ closet, only this time there’s no chance of getting in trouble, so you don’t have to be so sure that everything gets put back exactly where it was before you did your poking around. Still, you hope to find something, or maybe you fear finding something, that will completely change your conception of the parent you thought you knew.
Roz ChastTags: perception parents death mourning cleaning belongings
The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.
Steve MaraboliTags: compassion parents patience fulfillment teachers wise masters
Lolly nods. "Though when is the right time for that? I asked her for a new sports bra since I outgrew my last one and she looked at me as if I'd just asked her to buy me a pony.
Robin EpsteinTags: parents new-clothes
Mom always said people worried too much about their children. Suffering when you're young is good for you, she said. It immunized your body and your soul, and that was why she ignored us kids when we cried. Fussing over children who cry only encouraged them, she told us. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
Jeannette WallsTags: parents crying raising-children
My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.
Myron UhlbergTags: parents memories father deafness
Our parents were a test tube and a turkey baster.
James PattersonTags: parents
Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly.
The living voice of his parents. Elisha's eyes. These were reasons enough to set off on another adventure.
Reasons to be Toby Lolness again.
Tags: parents living tree reasons little be elisha
I respect you as my king, and I respect you as my father, but I do not respect you as a man!
Rebecca McKinseyTags: parents respect authority royalty elders
Why do you think, A.J.," they say in unison, "that you find these boys so attractive?"
I didn't say that this fiery chemical explosion leaps from somewhere inside me. Parents don't want to hear these things. I shrugged and said nothing.
"Maybe you should try sitting on the intensity," Mom suggests, "just until your feelings catch up with reality."
"We could chain you to the water heater," Dad offers, "until these little moments pass."
You see what I'm up against.
Tags: humor parents communication family-relationships teenagers hormones parental-advice
Parenthood...It's about guiding the next generation, and forgiving the last.
Peter KrauseTags: parents parenting parenthood generations guidance
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