Child Quotes · Page 97

But no one is easier to delude than a parent; they see only what they wish to see.

— Karen Joy Fowler

“Whatever character you give your children shall be their future.”

— Steve William Laible

Little children, from the moment in which they are weaned, are making their way toward independence.

— Maria Montessori

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

— Earl Wilson

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage.

— Brooke Shields

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

— Chinese Proverbs

Be sure, whatever you leave out, that you teach the children the three R’s,-Ruin, Redemption, and Regeneration.

— Charles Spurgeon

Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.

— Harry S. Truman

I myself saw and touched at Dessay, a child of this sort, which had no human parents, but had proceeded from the…

— Martin Luther

I hate old people, I hate children. I think any celebrity that adopts a child from a third world country is a…

— Joan Rivers

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now…

— Rosemarie DeWitt

I was a problem child, and problem children do the seemingly insane because they are trying to find out how to fit…

— Leo McCarey

Love is not shown by giving your toddler a car. It's better demonstrated by clapping as she bangs on pots or singing…

— Emily Yoffe

“Not only should we encourage kids to daydream, but also to jump-in and build those dreams. Dreaming is largely lost among adults…

— Ryan Lilly

Ever since I was a child, I've kept boxes and drawers and pages of things that I liked. I suppose that it…

— Ellen Gilchrist

Every parent has the responsibility to cultivate his child's heart. If we leave our children's heart alone, they tend to become like…

— Robert Jeffress

“Children in misogynistic households experience tremendous rage, tension, and frustration. When they see their mothers victimized either psychologically or physically, they become…

— Susan Forward

If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less,…

— Charlotte Sophia Kasl

“You can also teach your child simple social strategies to get him through uncomfortable moments. Encourage him to look confident even if…

— Susan Cain

What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should…

— Nancy Mitford

Children are keenly aware of every situation where mother figuratively wears the pants in the home, and they're scornful of her for…

— Lorne Greene

Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: they serve reasonable purposes; they are practical…

— Fred Rogers

“If you look at the best research on parenting, it comes down to one thing and one thing only. Not what you…

— Arianna Huffington

At the end of the day, life and the way things are nowadays, you have to mentally prepare your kids. Whether I'm…

— Erica Mena

“When you feel a child inside of you springing to life, that's how you know you're where you should be.”

— C. JoyBell C

The child who has been taught to obey at home will seldom be an embarrassment to his parents in public.

— Anonymous

I'm sure no one really wants to think of themselves as a child actor.

— Timothee Chalamet

I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.

— Lara Flynn Boyle

That's a crazy thing to think about a child. 'I don't like you.'

— Jacob Elordi

There is still quite the vibe out there that as a parent you have to be completely in control and in charge.

— Ross W. Greene

Those children are bound to fall in love with each other! -King Hubert

— Sleeping Beauty

You learn more about yourself through your child, I guess.

— Heath Ledger

Sometimes you worry when young kids get too much too early are they going to lose that hunger and desire?

— Darren Bent

“Elizabeth chuckled. Sometimes seeing a kid suffer the indignity of having to work gave parents a secret joy.”

— Adrianne Byrd

I know every child thinks of their mother as superwoman; I certainly did.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind.

— Nancy Gibbs

There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.

— Irwin Redlener

What, after all, is more real to us than the geography of our childhoods?

— Dan Simmons

I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel…

— Tammy Blanchard

Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.

— Philip Pullman