Child Quotes · Page 131

Being a child is such a shining gift, yet we don't know how precious it is until it's worn out and gone…

— Storm Constantine

If you don't parent, then don't cry about who your kid is becoming.

— Leigh Anne Tuohy

You are your child's keeper until she's mature enough to keep herself.

— Laura Ramirez

When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.

— Laura Dern

But you were Mine. My child. And I would not give you up.

— Karen Chance

In the child, we see the grown-up. I see the problem differently.

— Otto Ohlendorf

While dealing with kids, it's very important to talk to them about what they would like to do.

— Arvind Swami

“Forcing the muse to let thoughts flow; equals to pushing a child, into labor.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands…

— E. W. Howe

Keep a check on your children, but do not force them to do something you wanted to do, or what you wish…

— Bhuvan Bam

Parenting is the toughest job on earth as you are responsible for the physical, emotional & mental development of another human being.

— Anonymous

To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him…

— Max Lucado

I've never met anyone with a perfect upbringing. It seems to me that life on planet Earth just doesn't work that way.…

— David Simon

I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles…

— Gwendoline Christie

Particular attention should be given to the opportunities which the environment presents or precludes for involvement of children with persons both older…

— Urie Bronfenbrenner

“Think of it as affirmative brainwashing. The more you articulate your child’s strengths and gifts, the more both of you grow to…

— Ellen Notbohm

We inherit every one of our genes, but we leave the womb without a single microbe. As we pass through our mother's…

— Michael Specter

“When a person is so irresponsible and self-centered that they can’t look out for the basic needs of their own family and…

— Angie Stanton

With one or two children at home, I feel that parents concentrate too much on them and hence children lose touch with…

— Sudha Murty

“This, you see, is the danger of children: they are ambushes, each and every one of them. A person may look at…

— Seanan McGuire

What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of therules…

— Laurence Steinberg

As an adult, you think of yourself as being someone else when you're away from your family, but when you come back…

— John Wells

Lack of scientific fundamentals causes people to make foolish decisions about issues such as the toxicity of chemicals, the efficacy of medicines,…

— Peter Agre

“The child is brought up to know its social duties by means of a system of love-rewards and punishments, and in this…

— Sigmund Freud

As a child, I thought we had come to Mumbai for a holiday. I did not realise that this holiday was permanent.

— Kunal Khemu

Oh, why will parents always appear at the wrong time? Some extraordinary mistake in nature, I suppose.

— Oscar Wilde

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

— Anonymous

It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.

— May-Britt Moser

As a kid you're always going to be told you can't do things for certain reasons, and to an extent that's okay.

— Ruel

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The most interesting information come from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.”

— Mark Twain

The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure.

— Bill Cosby

When I was a child, I was living in the housing projects of Philadelphia. I didn't even have a Christmas tree.

— Bill Cosby

If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.

— Haim Ginott

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

— Benjamin Carson

Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

On the average, older parents are more flexible, tolerant, understanding, and happy in child care.

— Benjamin Spock

“Many parents make mistakes with their children, thinking they know what's best for them.”

— Paulo Coelho

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused.

— Catherine Reitman