Child Quotes · Page 163

I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.

— Karin Slaughter

Parents and families know best, and they should be in control of their individual child's education.

— Katie Britt

One of the hardest lessons of childhood is reckoning with the instability of the world.

— Jon Lovett

Parents should be the most important examples for their children.

— Christy Turlington

Sometimes, being a parent means being a loving caregiver. Other times: angry butler.

— Anonymous

All encounters with children are touched with social embarrassment.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents andthe second half by our children

— Anonymous

“No human on his deathbed ever regretted having spent too much time with his children ❤️”

— George Stamatis

In 50 years, the world has changed, especially for kids, but kids' needs haven't changed. They still need to feel safe, be…

— Beverly Cleary

“I'm more interested in arousing enthusiasm in kids than in teaching the facts. The facts may change, but that enthusiasm for exploring…

— Seymour Simon

You cannot properly bring up children when you are 69 or 70 and they are 12 and at the height of their…

— Felix Dennis

“It is very common for one or both parents in a dysfunctional marriage to bond inappropriately with one of their children. The…

— John Bradshaw

It is long overdue for parents to realize they have the right and duty to protect our children against the intolerant evolutionists.

— Phyllis Schlafly

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

— Johnnetta B. Cole

To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they…

— Michael Sata

The mind of a little child is fascinating, for it looks on old things with new eyes-but at about twelve this changes.…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

You pass by a little child, you pass by, spiteful, with ugly words, with wrathful heart; you may not have noticed the…

— Anonymous

“There is child in all of us that refuses to grow up, a child that is in awe of what can be,…

— Shatrujeet Nath

“But from the very start, there is that small streak of steel within each child. That thing that says “I am,” and…

— Diana Gabaldon

An indoor (or backseat) childhood does reduce some dangers to children; but other risks are heightened, including risks to physical and psychological…

— Richard Louv

“What would you like your greatest legacy to be for your child? What will you do to ensure that your child attains…

— Michele Borba

I think when you love a child, it's a different kind of love. You think, 'I love more every day. I love…

— Sharon Stone

“When people are kids they use their parents as some sort of measurement for how bad a situation is. When you fall…

— Cecelia Ahern

You know, once you give birth, once you have kids, you realize what's important in life, and you realize it's really not…

— Pamela Anderson

The most valuable asset a nation has is the creativity of its children.

— Alan Plater

When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Back in the day, I was definitely a child of alternative radio.

— Verite

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

— Bebe Neuwirth

Surf is something I have been obsessed with since I was a child.

— Brandon Boyd

Watch a child play, and you will see real power. They are fearless.

— Gray Scott

Kids need to know their parents love them. Their parents don’t need to be alive for that to happen.

— Randy Pausch

Every kid has something they're good at, that you hope they find and gravitate toward.

— Tina Fey

Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.

— Jasper Fforde

Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.

— Koren Zailckas

As parents, you want to try to mitigate your children's pain.

— Busy Philipps

“Most parents pay attention to things they shouldn't and overlook the things they should pay attention to.”

— Mohit Yenugwar

You know your child is growing up when he starts looking at girls the same way he used to look at dessert.

— Vikrant Parsai

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

— Amy Chua

“The most sensitive,the most delicate of instruments is the mind of a little child ”

— Henry Handel Richardson

I just feel very often like a child in an absolutely weird world. I think that life is quite weird sometimes.

— Cecelia Ahern