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My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me.

— Sally Field

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My son has an old mother.

— Sophie B. Hawkins

My father passed from cancer in 2000; his brother died of cancer before that. My grandfather died of cancer.

— Hill Harper

The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.

— Alice Munro

I'm trying to be the best father and take care of my kids.

— Drew Lachey

My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Because I'm an older mom, I have a responsibility to my kids as well as myself. I want to be there for them.

— Christie Brinkley

I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college.

— Roma Downey

✗Opposing Perspectives

My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.

— Ice T

My parents were divorced when I was three, and both my father and mother moved back into the homes of their parents. I spent the school year with my mother, and the summers with my dad.

— Patricia Polacco

I have a daughter and a family.

— Kim Clijsters