I arrived in this country as a refugee child with my sister and my mother. — Noma Dumezweni Copy Share Image
That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
Young people, I happen to believe, are the world's most precious natural resource. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain. — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The lovers of life, they are children at heart always in their wonder and delight, but they do not grab. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Development, it turns out, occurs through this process of progressively more complex exchange between a child and somebody else- especially somebody who’s… — Urie Bronfenbrenner Copy Share Image
Perhaps the soundest advice for parents is: Lighten up. People have been raising children for approximately as long as there have been… — George Will Copy Share Image
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but… — Democritus Copy Share Image
We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“If they are not distorted by outside influences the relationship between a baby and her carers can help the adults to grow… — Gabrielle Palmer Copy Share Image
I don't want to be preachy, but I find it so disturbing that parents today want kids to be a certain way… — Vidya Balan Copy Share Image
“So our job as parents is not to make a particular kind of child. Instead, our job is to provide a protected… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“I’m not sure if it was the despondent look in a parent’s big brown eyes and the hopeless shake of her head… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
They're [children] less forgiving. You have to be very conscious of the fact that they're not going to just accept things; they're… — Linda Woolverton Copy Share Image
It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
“These three children own the summer. They know the wood as surely as they know the microlandscapes of their own grazed knees;put… — Tana French Copy Share Image
The way it works in our family is, it's the family business. Much like in the Mafia. Every child is given the… — Jordan Bridges Copy Share Image
Parenting classes should be mandatory, whether you are adopting or not, and would include an evaluation of your current physical, mental and… — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
We need to teach our children to dream Because only with dreams do they have something to look forward to. And only… — Patrick Atkinson Copy Share Image