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		Nobody just leaves medical school, especially given it's fiercely competitive to get in. But I had a sister who was a doctor, another who was a pharmacist, a brother who was an engineer. So my parents already had sensible children who would be able to make an actual living, and I think they felt comfortable sacrificing their one strange child.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
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		When I was a kid my family was really poor and I remember one Halloween I wanted to dress up really scary and my parents came home with a duck costume. I wore that costume for years! I hated it.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				R. L. Stine
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Changing laws and changing the political dialogue, while necessary, is insufficient to ensure that bullying stops; to ensure that every young person is supported by their parents and their teachers as they question who they are and they discover who they are regardless of the sexuality.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Chelsea Clinton
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and peace. But I think a lot of people take on these roles as parents, or husband or wife, and immediately think 'That's it. I'm grown up now. Done.'
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Priscilla Ahn
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom's brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage - she's quite shy. So it's a strange thing because people say, 'Oh, coming from acting parents,' when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Kate Winslet
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		When I was very young, I used to clean up after my parents. If I stay in a hotel, I make the bed and clean the room when I get up, even the bathroom mirror, for which I carry a tiny bottle of ammonia.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Mark Helprin
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Edie Falco
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Uzo Aduba
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My parents encourage me to save, but I do buy the odd thing that I wouldn't tell them about.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rachel Riley
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I decided I would go to NYU so I could get into the comedy world and have legit housing, and my parents would not have trusted investing in a straight-up comedy career.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Ilana Glazer
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Gabriel Medina
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I love my parents. Coming out to them was sort of coming out to myself. I educated them, and I wanted our relationship to keep growing. I wanted them to be a part of my life still. I wanted to be able to share with them what I was going through.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Randy Harrison
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		My parents have Google Alerts on me. So they'll often times send me an e-mail and be like, 'Hey did you know this?' And then I'll be like, 'Well, it is, like, my life. So yes, I did know that.' Or, 'That's not even true. I don't know where you read that.' I have Googled myself, yes. But my parents really have Google Alerts on me.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Dane DeHaan
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I decided to move out of the apartment I was sharing with my best friend before graduation and move back home. My parents had recently separated, and I wanted to move back home with my mom and my siblings.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Katherine Schwarzenegger
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Randi Weingarten
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I screwed up at a young age with my parents. They were very religious and they didn't really understand music. They didn't really listen to music. I went through a series of battles with them about why I loved music.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Brent Smith
			
			
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		Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Osman Rashid