Quotes About Family

I shook my head. "Go on, swear it!" "I swear by my life!" cried Aunt Maddy happily. "I swear," murmured the others, rather embarrassed. Nick began giggling nervously, because Aunt Maddy had begum humming the national anthem to show what a solemn occasion it was.

Je to trochu divný, ale zrovna te? uvažuju, že se za?ínám docela t?šit na nudné elapsovací ve?ery do roku 1953," ?ekl Gideon. ,,Jen ty a já a sest?enka pohovka...

I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through.

When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my kids to look at my films one day and say, I love his movies, I love his choices-because he loved them.

My father was a psychopath. It seems a bit odd saying that now, looking back. But he was. No question. He was charming, fearless, ruthless (but never violent). And

Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.

But this was the first time someone he loved would be gone forever. He didn't like to think about the forever part. But when he did, which was often, the only place he wanted to be was home.

Drop Sisters.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.

I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston baby and I'm a New York guy.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse.

Nuestros hijos necesitan saber que son amados absolutamente, más allá de lo bien o mal que hagan las cosas en las distintas áreas de sus vidas.

Your son may face some rejection in the peer group, but he can weather it all without too many dings in his spirit because he has a strong foundation of acceptance at home. He knows you love him, warts and all.

Si quieres que tu hija te tome en serio dilo una vez, solo una vez. Luego date la vuelta esperando que tus palabras sean obedecidas. No hay argumento ni réplica. Todo se expuso con tranquilidad.

Stress the positive. Make compliments and encouragement a natural part of your conversation. As you interact with your kids, stressing the positive is just as easy as stressing the negative, and the results are so much better.

The influence your family has on you as you grow up can reach across time and distance to touch you in profound, and sometimes disturbing, ways years after you think you've "grown beyond all that.

Growing up in a family is a lot like stepping onto that stage in which everyone is ad-libbing. You have a part to play, but it's difficult to say at first exactly what it is because no one receives a script at birth. So you spend years figuring out what your role is without stepping on anyone else's toes.

Your private logic is shaped both by who you innately were when you were born and who you became through your family environment.

Treating your children differently conveys to a child, "Mom and Dad don't treat us the same because we're different. I get it." If parents bend over backward to treat all kids the same, none of the kids will feel special or appreciated.

you always need to be teaching your children how to be responsible and how to think of others.

As you're getting ready to launch your teenagers into an unsuspecting world, it's imperative that you stand shoulder-to-shoulder with your spouse—with no daylight between you.