“Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.”

“Yes they are my parents but unlike those who haven't been adopted, I also have another set of parents. I know my adoptive parents love me and I love them, but I have a different connection with them than I would experience if I had been raised in my birth home. I still need to know who my birth parents are.”

“Everyone's parents argue-that just happens in any relationship-but parents shouldn't fight in front of their kids.”

“We need more child abuse laws, these kids have been abusing us parents long enough.”

“Kids don’t do what their parents say-they do what they see their parents do. So who was to blame here?”

“… you’ll need some help getting acquainted. I’m Carmel Jones.” “Theseus Cassio Lowood. What kind of a parent names their kid Carmel?” She laughs. “What kind of a parent names their kid Theseus Cassio?” “Hippies,” I reply. “Exactly.”