Too close supervision stifles the mental growth of children.

The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the…

— Zach Braff

“Children's lives are always beginning and adults' lives are always ending. Or is it the opposite? Your childhood is always ending and your adult…

— Alison Espach

“As parents who make every effort we can to raise our children in loving security, we do not need to feel more guilt than…

— Gabor Maté

I want to make my music and be a happy woman, a good wife, a good mom and one day hopefully have a child…

— LeAnn Rimes

I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or…

— Natasha Lyonne

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

— Brené Brown

I'm a weirdo and an only child. That comes together to create one-woman shows.

— Amanda Seales

“Every child is born as angel.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

— Maria Montessori

Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,…

— Alice Miller

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

— Celine Dion

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

Bring up your children in the way you think other peoples children should go.

— Vikrant Parsai

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as…

— Marie Lu