"Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments." - Temple GrandinTweet
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." - Sigmund FreudTweet
"Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating." - Bob FilnerTweet
"No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will eventually produce bizarre behavior, and I'm not talking about the kids. Their behavior is always normal." - Bill CosbyTweet
"I've said it before, but it's absolutely true: My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams. Thanks to him, I could see a future." - Liza MinnelliTweet
"Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become." - Coretta Scott KingTweet
"I had three children while doing a show, as demanding as 'Good Morning America,' so this is - you know, it's almost like I'm less daunted about motherhood, and parenting at this point in time. And I think I'm just much more fit and healthy than I was 20-years-ago." - Joan LundenTweet
"Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again." - Eliot SpitzerTweet
"To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt." - Olivia Newton-JohnTweet
"No fathers or mothers think their own children ugly." - Miguel de CervantesTweet