I didn't want to live the life I saw my parents lead.
So he followed what he said was his parents' lead and started inviting people over for dinner — influential people.
Seemingly taking my parents' lead, my brother and his wife followed with three more babies — all boys, all beautiful and smiling and delicious.
"Parents lead very, very busy lives," said Diana Gerald, chief executive of the Book Trust, which encourages children and families to enjoy books and develop their reading skills.
The couple's three daughters, Molly, Nelly and Kattie, who grew up in Kabul and for parts of high school attended boarding school in India, have followed their parents' lead in one way or another, John said.
Most, it seems, will go back to living on society's fringes, maybe get a G.E.D. or a diploma, then live a life much like the one their parents lead.
The chicks are mobile shortly after hatching and parents lead them down to the water's edge to feed, making the chicks vulnerable to predators like foxes, seagulls and feral cats.
At around six months, when starting on solids, many parents lead their children down another wrong path – that of powdered cereals, premade baby foods, and junk foods disguised as baby-friendly snacks.
When it comes to financial matters like selecting a bank, college students tend to be copycats and follow their parents' lead.
Add to that the fact that children typically follow their parents' lead when it comes to whether or not they become religious adults themselves, and a completely secularised world seems ever more unlikely.
As contrasting characters, my parents lead different yet parallel lives, thankfully balancing one another.
