All good qualities in a child are the result of environment, while all the bad ones are the result of poor heredity… — Elinor Smith Copy Share Image
After a time, all children have to be on their own. Though as parents you always want to cushion them, however, when… — Rajesh Khattar Copy Share Image
Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
Bad parents never try to research or read about decent parenting behaviour or ideas. Good parents read tons of info on being… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If something's going on with your kid, it doesn't necessarily mean it's your fault. They're their own person. Let's talk about it. — Michelle Buteau Copy Share Image
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
When you have a child, you are just immediately changed forever. You put yourself second. Your child comes first, and everything that… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
“As with a child, to commune with Athena demands a level of openness and intuition greater than that used in the usual… — Sy Montgomery Copy Share Image
'Master Harold' is about me as a little boy, and my father, who was an alcoholic. There's a thread running down the… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“Parenting children with severe behaviors is not a simple job, yet it is a responsibility charged to us by God. It is… — Heather T. Forbes Copy Share Image
I see the love in my child's eyes when he sees me, and I know it's gigantic. As an older person, I've… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
People always want to give you advice about parenting. People who you've never met before will tell you you're doing something wrong.… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
The child to be concerned about is the one who is actively unhappy, [in school]… In the long run, a child's emotional… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
An AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
I think that kids who grow up in an environment where they are constantly told that they're wonderful... that is going to… — Terri Irwin Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated, even as a child, by antiques and ancient times. I always felt I should have been born in… — Margaret O'Brien Copy Share Image
Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of… — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life.… — Kim Basinger Copy Share Image
“It reminded me of how children always thought too big; how the world tackled and chiseled them to keep them safe.” — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. — Phil Donahue Copy Share Image
I have two kids, and anyone who has a kid in order to feel loved is going to be in trouble because… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I think a lot of parents live their lives through the kids. Because they didn't make it [achieve something], they want their… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
Children are wise in a funny kind of way. They haven't developed so many vested interests of self. There is a wisdom,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I really believe that if you're going to bring a child into the world, it's your job to parent that world. Especially… — Jennifer Lynch Copy Share Image
It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Instead of unfairly demonizing teachers, we should be working with them to find solutions to the problems in our schools and make… — Albio Sires Copy Share Image
My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
“The children you don’t especially need, you have always with you, like the poor. But the bright ones get away from you.… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Play is basic to all normal and healthy children. It provides pleasure and learning and a minimum of risks and penalties for… — Frank Caplan Copy Share Image
Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
If what you preach and what you do are inconsistent, your children will spot hypocrisy faster than anybody and do the opposite. — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
It's very important that your parents have careers of their own. When the kid becomes the breadwinner of the household, that's when… — Jaleel White Copy Share Image
Everything from airplanes to kitchen blenders and even chopsticks comes with an instruction manual. Children, despite all their complexity, do not. — Lawrence Kutner Copy Share Image
[The child] takes his play very seriously and he expends large amounts of emotion on it. The opposite of play is not… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
You can be Einstein and your son can be completely stupid because we don't give over for our children what we have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“The child to be concerned about is the one who is actively unhappy, [in school]… In the long run, a child's emotional development has a far greater impact on his life than his school performance or the curriculum's richness, so it is wise to do everything possible to change a situation in which a…” quote by Dorothy H Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/9b8/dorothy-h-cohen-33807_children_the-child-to-be-concerned-about-is-the-o_1726286.jpg)
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