Children learn to care by experiencing good care. They come to know the blessings of gentleness, or sympathy, of patience and kindness,… — James L Hymes Copy Share Image
Everybody wants respect. In their own way, three-year-olds would like respect, and acknowledgment, in their terms. — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“Your child may be under more stress than you realize. Remember that situations around to past experiences. Just because you do not… — Kara Durbin Copy Share Image
I remember liking Betty White a lot. It was one of those things as a little child actress, you get inspired by… — Ariana Richards Copy Share Image
“Perhaps kids really did come into the world trailing clouds of glory, as Wordsworth had so confidently proclaimed, but they also shit… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Protecting our kids from sexual abuse is not accomplished in a single conversation, but in ongoing conversations grounded in honesty and trust.” — Carolyn Byers Ruch Copy Share Image
The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
A parent of high moral standing will never use their child as a weapon to hurt the other should the relationship break… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to… — Janusz Korczak Copy Share Image
Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
“Vashet shook a finger and cuffed the young girl on the side of her head. It was the same scolding any child… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There was a culture that came out of the self-esteem movement which was don't anybody keep track of the goals. The kids… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to ask… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“I Am a Child Of God. And He has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home, with parents kind and… — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Copy Share Image
I dispute the idea that we turn into our parents. These children who have come into my life are unique beings. I… — Andrew Lincoln Copy Share Image
I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“Somehow kids are supposed to match the levels of calm and composure we might find in mature forty-seven-year-olds. Estimates” — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run; they want to see where… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
“That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made… — Susie Finkbeiner Copy Share Image
How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would be a good godmother. I have read about it, and I found that the godmother's position is… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
“The philosophy "Do as I say, not as I do" does not work. Modeling is more powerful than words in teaching your… — Rex L. Forehand Copy Share Image
The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
Children need systems that are inclusive and driven by them, systems that will enable them to respond to their feelings and needs… — Jeroo Billimoria Copy Share Image
I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they… — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
I always thought eating what you wanted was one of those aspects of adulthood to be looked forward to when you were… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
“Even now he could not say in his heart of hearts for which side he would draw his blade when he was… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store...all of the responsibility and none of the authority. — Valerie J Lewis Coleman Copy Share Image
“As a good parent or teacher, we should teach our children that failure is an opportunity for improvement and growth, rather than… — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong… — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
“Children needed space more than overprotection. Parents who hovered were meeting their own needs, not their children’s.” — Martha Woodroof Copy Share Image
I like sugar, be it candy, this season's pumpkin chocolate chip bars, or wine. Sugar is bad for me. It just sits… — Alicia Coppola Copy Share Image
