Child Quotes · Page 182

We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?

— Lydia Sigourney

“Whether I felt strong and courageous or not, I would now have to be for my baby boy.”

— Abeba Habtu

We've shot with babies and kids and it was tough. It's not easy. It looks tangential, but it is not.

— Mark Duplass

I was such a strong-willed child, my parents weren't sure how to deal with me.

— Abby Huntsman

Give something to your child if you think he must give it later to those when they need it badly.

— Vikrant Parsai

Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.

— Jonathan Kozol

I grew up in Northumberland, a happy child in a loving, hard-working family.

— Robson Green

Here's to the kids who are so good at hiding how they feel they do it without thinking.

— Anonymous

Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear.

— Maxine Hong Kingston

“Children have such an innocent view of their world and surroundings; every thought is a garden full of wonder.”

— C.J. Heck

Children trust and rely on Us to create their FOUNDATION, their Belief System. It will impact their every decisions into adulthood, into…

— Rey Mellomida

Being a parent you want to be strong for your kids and ninety percent of being a parent is not telling the…

— Nadiya Hussain

Being a father of three children and grandfather to nine, I do think that this thing called 'parenting' is becoming increasingly difficult.

— Craig T. Nelson

“There is no question that engagement requires sacrifice, but that's what we signed up for when we decided to become parents.”

— Brené Brown

To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your…

— Max Lucado

When you get a group of kids together, especially boys, the psychology of those kids requires that they find a weak kid…

— Wil Wheaton

Being a parent is not just about how you treat your child; it's also about how you treat the other parent. If…

— Art Alexakis

I'm not a parenting expert. In fact, I'm not sure that I even believe in the idea of 'parenting experts.' I'm an…

— Brene Brown

If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they…

— Maria Montessori

If you're going to have kids, there's only one way to go. They have to know they're the most important things in…

— Danny DeVito

For your children, you may house their bodies but not their souls. For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which…

— Anonymous

“When the child does or says something that the parents don't like, they immediately become rejecting and critical of the child. Since…

— Anonymous

“Sometimes being a supportive friend to her mother is the only way for the daughter to get positive strokes from Mom. The…

— Karyl McBride

I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography…

— Gina Bellman

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

— Quentin Crisp

There comes a moment as a parent when you realize you will no longer be the center of your child's universe.

— Carre Otis

“He definitely does. Kids aren’t dumb. They watch and remember everything.”

— Sloane Howell

All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going…

— Nicole Ari Parker

Ishaan looks up to Shahid. When Shahid started his career Ishaan was a child.

— Rajesh Khattar

“Level with you child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.”

— Mary MacCracken

I don't think any mother who has lost a child is ever the same.

— Jill Biden

Children require long, uniterrupted periods of play and exploration

— Jean Piaget

One knows one's done one's job as a parent properly if one's children reject everything one stands for.

— Glenda Jackson

Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.

— Anonymous

Being a parent can be overwhelming at times, but it's something we're figuring out as we go.

— Lacey Chabert

Here's to the kids who wish that one person knew they existed.

— Anonymous

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.

— Gian Carlo Menotti

I used to watch my mother cooking when I was a child; she influenced me a lot.

— Nobu Matsuhisa

“While you are busy growing up, don't forget your parents are growing old.”

— Aslı E. Perker

Give me a child for the first 5 years of his life and he will be mine forever.

— Vladimir Lenin