Parental Approval Quotes

“We may never realize the extent to which our behaviors impact our children, how they seek validation in our every word and smile, gaze and gesture.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

“Adora changed her color scheme from peach to yellow. She promised me she'd take me to the fabric store so I can make new coverings to match. This dollhouse is my fancy." She almost made it sound natural, my fancy. The words floated out of her mouth sweet and round like butterscotch, murmured with just a tilt of her head, but the phrase was definitely my mother's. Her little doll, learning to speak just like Adora.
"Looks like you do a very good job with it," I said, and motioned a weak wave good-bye.
"Thank you," she said. Her eyes focused on my room in the dollhouse. A small finger poked the bed. "I hope you enjoy your stay here," she murmured into the room, as if she were addressing a tiny Camille no one could see.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“both responded like thirsty plants to water when it came to parental approval.”
― Liane Moriarty, Truly Madly Guilty

“Copy everything you see on television, from hair styles to the clothes and don't think too often, just do exactly how you were told, how your parents told you, and you will make your own personality that is you.”
― Oscar Auliq-Ice

“She was keeping it together. Coping. Coping with the disapproval of her parents towards the choices she'd made.”
― Raisha Lalwani, The Diary on the Fifth Floor

“...only one thought passed through his mind: “Did I make my parents proud?”
― H.C. Roberts, Harp and the Lyre: Extraction

“The house was hers, but a clause in her father's will gave Louisa right of residence for the duration of her life. Her father had always favored Louisa. She had given him admiration, whereas Betty only fed and clothed and cared for him.”
― Claire Keegan, Antarctica