I was a middle child and was used to negotiating. But there was nothing I could do to reverse my mother's condition. — Leeza Gibbons Copy Share Image
“Children whose character was praised subsequently became more generous than those whose behavior was praised. Praising character helps children internalize values as… — Edify.me Copy Share Image
“One thing that parents pass on to their kids, whether they like it or not, whether they want it or not, are… — Heena Singhal Copy Share Image
When you take away Medicaid, you're not just taking away care, you're taking away the peace of mind that parents deserve. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
A decent person does not alienate children from a parent, no matter how angry they are at the parent for the divorce.… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
What the Chinese parent is conveying to the child is not that 'you've got to get A's or else I won't like… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
Even if their child is useless, parents will not find them shameful. But if you're an outstanding child, you don't have the… — Seo Won Copy Share Image
“She lay outside in the courtyard, staring up at the raindrops… feeling them hit her body… trying to guess where one would… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Embrace your beautiful mess of a life with your child. No matter how hard it gets, do not disengage... Do something—anything—to connect… — Andy Kerckhoff Copy Share Image
As a child, I heard many warnings from teachers about the perils of talking with strangers. Yet now, fairly late in my… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
The problem is that too many adults think their kids' lives are simple, or they try to make their lives simple, when… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Most of the time, if you're not really paying attention, you're someplace else. So your child might say, "Daddy, I want this,"… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Living as we do in an over-stimulative world where kids are brought up on an all-you-can-eat buffet of technological gadgets, screens and… — Ulrika Jonsson Copy Share Image
With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to… — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
The children are being conditioned to think that the purpose of life is to get a good job. You get paid but… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they… — Maria Karnilova Copy Share Image
Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself, 'What makes me come alive?' Because what the world - a wife, a… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
“We’ve all been around middle-aged people who have the boundaries of an eighteen-month-old. They have tantrums or sulk when others set limits… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
We want for our children, as we want for ourselves, our lives at home, at work and at play, to be lives… — Betty Williams Copy Share Image
'The Quiet Ones' was my first film, let alone my first horror film, and I had so much fun. I had such… — Olivia Cooke Copy Share Image
When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Parents aren’t so different from us kids; they just want some help from us when we can give it. I think kids… — Terry Schott Copy Share Image
Children are not their parents' property, but when the parents treat them like property, that is attachment, not love. — ProudLesbian Copy Share Image
You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments… — Maya Rudolph Copy Share Image
I made a decision as a child that I would never let anyone tell me that I was invalid or inauthentic, or… — Josh Tillman Copy Share Image
“Many a parent, sad to say, has used their child as an opportunity for them, the parent, to do, through their child,… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“that there is a certain twenty-four-hours-a-day relentlessness to caring for young children that makes it hard to think straight.” — Joanna Faber Copy Share Image
It's one of those things where people tell you that when you have kids it will change your perspective on life, and… — Thomas Ian Nicholas Copy Share Image
Children are to be won to follow liberal studies by exhortations and rational motives, and on no account to be forced thereto… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The thing you realize as you get older is that parents don't know what the Hell they're doing and neither will you… — Mark Hoppus Copy Share Image
. . . a pity I never had children. But you're wrong. . . . I have . . . thousands of them . . . thousands of them . . . and all boys! — Robert Donat Copy Share Image
I ran away from three different boarding schools before joining a circus school, and eventually I became an actor. The only thing… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
“It’s hard for a parent to accept that you can’t protect your child from everything.’ ‘It’s hard for a child to accept… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
“Beating children will not make them wise. They will grow wilder and wilder and the cane will feel like paper on their… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“To make a child laugh, you don’t have to do something spectacular because they have already the ability to make themselves happy… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I do think it's important for our kids to see hard work ethic. I also think it's important that you're around for… — Travis Pastrana Copy Share Image
