Child Quotes · Page 160

Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.

— Maria Montessori

No one and nothing can harm us, child, except what we fear and love.

— Sigrid Undset

“They were the clothes of a child, and he was a child no longer.”

— John Connolly

There is a child inside me that wants to come out and do something to surprise all the adults.

— Philippe Petit

There's a lot of charming bigs. I don't know if it's like the fat kid on the playground or what.

— Daryl Morey

A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old man.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Of course, when you're a parent, you can never really be sick.

— June Diane Raphael

Processes of loss - when you have children you just keep going.

— Keyshia Cole

You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know…

— Buck Brannaman

“it's definitely best for little children to have a regular life, especially if they can regulate it themselves.”

— Astrid Lindgren

Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.

— Nancy Lublin

Unlike these powerful grown-ups, children have no ideologies to reinforce, no superstructure of political opinion to promote, no civic equanimity or image…

— Jonathan Kozol

As a parent, it's your job to discipline your child and make him respect you, because that is essentially protecting them.

— Sara Evans

I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look…

— Renzo Piano

“and all children everywhere go through a phase in which they become oddly fascinated with the idea of “gone” and “all gone.”

— Bill Bryson

“It has consistently been shown that when parents can contain their conflict, manage their own emotions, and do their job of parenting…

— JoAnne Pedro-Carroll

The new concept of the child as equal and the new integration of children into adult life has helped bring about a…

— Marie Winn

“Children are bad enough--children are rude, selfish, greedy, and unthinking individuals who are unable to distinguish between their own selfish wants and…

— Ian Sansom

It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your…

— Rachel Cusk

“Parents should learn to stop nagging their children about how well they could do “if you only tried more, or cared more.”…

— Sydney J. Harris

Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and…

— Jeff Bryant

“When our e-motions are not mirrored and named, we lose contact with one of our vital human powers. Parents who are out…

— John Bradshaw

There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His…

— Viola Spolin

“But the truth is, there's little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy…

— Jennifer Senior

What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder But it has no soul.

— Sylvia Plath

“Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

It's very important to be in your child's life and know what's going on and be there with them.

— Tracy Morgan

You're so focused on this child, you can sometimes forget about you as a couple, and that's just as important.

— Al Roker

Our children are for life our friends are here for the moment.

— Anonymous

Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.

— Phil McGraw

Having a child, that's always been my biggest fear. I want a child and I fear a child.

— Marilyn Monroe

“Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child.”

— Cisero

“If you have taught your child how to walk when he is all alone, it means that you have taught him everything!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Both my parents are doctors, so from the time I was a child, I wanted to do medicine.

— Riaad Moosa

“Nimewapa watoto wangu kila kitu katika maisha isipokuwa umaskini. Lakini bado wamenishinda.”

— Enock Maregesi

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

— Salman Rushdie

“Children are nothing but a problem people create and then congratulate themselves on solving.”

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I had Noelle when I was 32 years old, and she is my only child by birth.

— Cynthia Bailey

I'm an only child, so I don't really have any siblings to drive me nuts.

— Tyler Henry

I say parenting is like maths sum. You take one step, and your child takes another.

— Paritoshik Sharma