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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. -- Francis Bacon
Loving and parenting a dog as a single parent can create all sorts of new and unusual problems, but also new sources of joy. -- Jenna Morasca
When I think of Chinese parents, I think of people who weep upon hearing Beethoven, but who can't necessarily bring that joy to others. -- Sandra Tsing Loh
You can't live the rest of your life carrying a pain because your parents couldn't get along. I choose to spend my life crafting a joy. -- Jason Mraz
Like most parents, I think, my children have been the source of some of my most intense joys and despairs, my deepest moral dilemmas and greatest moral achievements. -- Alison Gopnik
Preparing food is one of life's great joys, but a lot of times, parents ask their kids if they want to cook with them and then tell them to go peel a bag of potatoes. That's not cooking - that's working! -- Guy Fieri
While few human challenges are greater than that of being good parents, few opportunities offer greater potential for joy. Surely, no more important work is to be done in this world than preparing our children to be God-fearing, happy, honorable, and productive. -- James E. Faust
People don't understand the devastation the murder of a child does to someone. Eighty percent of parents of murdered children wind up in divorce. The only thing you have in common is that horrible sadness. You can't see the joy of your previous life. -- John Walsh
There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?' -- Susan Sullivan
I know theater can improve the quality of people's lives, and I know theater can heal. I've worked as a doctor clown in a hospital for two years. I have seen sick kids and sad parents and doctors be lifted and transported in moments of pure joy. I know theater unites us. -- Natasha Tsakos
I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it. -- Joy Bryant
If it gets to the point where I actually physically cannot have a child, there's plenty of children in the world that need a stable home and loving parent. I'm so down for adoption. -- Joy Bryant

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