A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
父
Parent
Thought is the parent of the deed.
思想是行为之母。
It is always fragile, being a parent.
为人父母总是很脆弱的。
It takes a lot to become a foster parent.
成为一个养父母需要付出很多。
Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
每个家长都想看到自己的孩子出类拔萃。
The spiritual is the parent of the practical.
精神是实践之母。
I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.
我有一个孩子，我首先是一个家长。
There is no worse parent than an unhappy parent!
没有比不快乐的父母更糟糕的父母了!
You have to be the parent; you can't be their friend.
你必须是父母;你不可能成为他们的朋友。
From the father comes honour, from the mother comfort.
荣誉来自父亲，安慰来自母亲。
My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
我的父母都是老师，所以我们暑假休息。
I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.
我小时候经常一个人，因为我的父母离婚了。
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
武力是专制主义的根本原则和直接根源。
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When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.
当父母带着一种理所当然的态度出现时，要明白，在这种态度下，有一船的焦虑。
My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.
我父母的离婚和学校的艰难时光，所有这些加在一起塑造了我，让我成长得更快。它给我动力去追求我的梦想，否则我不一定会有。
Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.
显然，失去父母是非常困难的。我每天都想念我的爸爸，但我知道他会为看到我继续游泳并在奥运会上再试一次而感到自豪。
My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me.
我父母的离婚使我的生活发生了重大的变化。它影响了我。
Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.
父母对孩子说的话往往没有人听到，但在某些情况下，你会听到父母希望你做的事情。
It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.
从一个孩子的父母变成三个孩子的父母是非常困难的，因为现在所有这些即时的决定都必须做出，关于如何平衡他们之间的时间和注意力。