As soon as one knows one is going to die, childhood is over… So one can be grown up at seven. Then,… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
A child!" said Edith, looking at her. "When was I a child? What childhood did you ever leave to me? I was… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Kids don't say, "Wait." They say, "Wait up, hey wait up!" Because when you're little, your life is up. The future is… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Attitudes of optimism, of "let them be", and of joy in watching and helping another life develop and blossom will help parents… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
There are responsibilities which are parental responsibilities and those are the types of things we prepare the next generation for, but no… — Maggie Smith Copy Share Image
“Meditation expands our inner being. The inner being is like a small, individual river flowering towards the Ocean. In meditation, I feel… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all… — William Devane Copy Share Image
As a child, I always enjoyed - my parents used to have these little cocktail parties - and I always loved trying… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I… — Valerie Simpson Copy Share Image
“The trouble with denying children the freedom to be themselves—with forcing them into an idea of what they should be, not allowing… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
“In a moment he saw by the light of the gas that the child was still there. “God be praised!” said he,… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to… — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
“If you complain about how you spend your Saturdays taking your kid to birthday parties, that means you are taking your kid… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
“If you have children, trust them completely, all the time, no matter what. If you don't trust them, pretend that you do.… — Lisa Moore Copy Share Image
“They are our children. We owe it to them to arm them with good knowledge, model healthy relationships, and understand that the… — Mark T. Arsenault Copy Share Image
There is a period in your life when you need your parents and a period in your life where you only think… — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
“Conversation is how values get ordered, how passion is made contagious. If a parent talks about it, it's important. If a child… — Robin R. Meyers Copy Share Image
A child is not a salmon mousse. A child is a temporarily disabled and stunted version of a larger person, whom you… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of children. For children are at our core - not only… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
“The Complexities Of Life Caused By Bad Government Administration, Leadership, Parental Abuse And Mistakes Can Make A Child More Matured Than Their… — Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo Copy Share Image
I have often been struck by the fact that most parents who are experiencing positive and rewarding relationships with their pre-adolescent children… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
My mother was the favorite child of her parents. My father was the favorite child of his parents. The result of these… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is… — Cathy Rindner Tempelsman Copy Share Image
A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I remain as committed as ever to working across party lines with anyone who believes we must invest in the future of… — Jim Himes Copy Share Image
I do not care what you do, and that is hard for you to hear. Yet do you care what your children… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
“THEY ARE CHILDREN!’ Mr Wallaker roared. ‘They are not corporate products! What they need to acquire is not a constant massaging of… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
My mother read that parents should spend quality time with their children. One way is to sign up for organized activities together.… — Julie Anne Peters Copy Share Image
New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours,… — Kat Edmonson Copy Share Image
The trouble with most problem-solving books for parents is that they start with the idea that the child has a problem. Then… — Polly Berrien Berends Copy Share Image
A conscious parent is not one who seeks to fix her child or seek to produce or create the 'perfect' child. This… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
Even if you find yourself in a heated exchange with your toddler, it is better for your child to feel the heat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and… — Jeffrey Bryant Copy Share Image
Bites are usually not random attacks by strays. The great majority of biting dogs belong to a family member or friend of… — Jon Katz Copy Share Image
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their… — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
Teach your children to listen carefully and to speak thoughtfully. The best way to teach this is to listen carefully and speak… — Grace Llewellyn Copy Share Image
Perhaps the single most important thing for a child is to be with a loving, supportive family. And all things being equal,… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
“The important factors in discipline are clarity, consistency, regularity, enforcibility and fairness. In adopting a code, first the parents agree to its… — Jay E. Adams Copy Share Image
