It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

I think my parents were high when they named me.

My kids still think that, you know, other kids' parents are cooler than I am.

I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.

When I was going to high school, in the high school band we would play these kind of hour-long concerts for our parents. All the parents would come to the gymnasium, and the band would play an hour-long kind of orchestra piece. 'Synchestra' is supposed to be similar, like a high school band orchestra piece.

I sometimes found myself more comfortable around my TV family than I did with my own parents and sister.

For months, my parents had been trying to prepare me for the arrival of a real sibling. They had given me a doll to play with and encouraged me to take care of her. And when the baby, a little boy they named Rahm, finally arrived, they encouraged me to help take care of him, too.

I've been very lucky early on to be surrounded when I was a child by music from various countries. My parents would listen to a lot of music coming from other universes.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.

My parents would never put too much hype into anything. They're very proud of me, but they're Queensland people. They're just glad that I have a job.

I lived on the farm with my parents and grandparents. I had no playmates as a young child, and I was indulged. I helped my grandmother piece quilts, and we made pretty albums, an old-fashioned pastime. We cut poems and pictures out of magazines.

When I was little, my parents took away candy except on the weekends. So I'd rush out of my room at 5:00 A.M. on Saturday and sit in front of the TV, jamming my face with candy.

My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own.

My parents knew there was no point in pushing the football thing. I hated the boots.

All parents gush about what it's like to be a parent. I love it.

My parents met during their time at Cal Berkeley while they were both on the gymnastics team. Due to their intense gymnastics background, I started doing 'Mommy and Me' classes when I was 2 years old.

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.

My parents are proud of me now. However, when I first became involved with rock music, they were afraid.

'Entrepreneur' is a long, fancy French word, but it didn't seem like something you aspire to. It seemed normal, because whatever your parents do seems normal.

My parents gave up things for me when I was growing up.