My kids! They run so hot and cold. One minute, I am in complete control and feeling like Supermom, then the next… — Kristen Taekman Copy Share Image
A father has to be a provider, a teacher, a role model, but most importantly, a distant authority figure who can never… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“An overweight officer, having delivered a batch of children to the home, started telling one of the guards about his heart problem.… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
Being a slave meant never having the stability of knowing your family would be together as many years as God designed it… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I often think about Christ having all power, but He abdicated the power to live a sacrificial life for His children. In… — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
In America we tell our parents to bring their child home and put him or her in a crib; as they get… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Nature herself is not always unambiguous. Sometimes a girl child may have so well-developed a clitoris that it is assumed she is… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“For some parents, having children meant full absolution from any future mistakes. My father wouldn't permit himself to be wrong. He shifted… — Amber Dermont Copy Share Image
A children's biography doesn't have to be comprehensive, and it doesn't have to be definitive. It does have to be accurate, to… — Russell Freedman Copy Share Image
“The thought that babies would become children, and children would become people, never occurred to them. The concept that perhaps biology was… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Griffin leaned across the desk, his arms braced on the now-clear top, and stared into Wakefield’s outraged eyes. “We seem to be… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
You have to empathize with your children. If you love them, you never really get too angry with them when they make… — Terry Crews Copy Share Image
Kids think the world is about them, so if you forgot to put the right flavor yogurt in their lunch, and they… — Julie Bowen Copy Share Image
“When we are children our families take care of our basic survival needs; they are also our first and most important sources… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“Do Not Ignore My Voice Take My hand, My child, and let Me show you what I have planned for you. I… — Adam Houge Copy Share Image
“In common with Russia, American children seldom play outdoors. Russia can use the excuse of cold weather, but in the United States,… — Martin Lindstrom Copy Share Image
“ The Toys My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I dreamt of being a big star. I truly believed that I would be world famous someday,… — Jinkx Monsoon Copy Share Image
A lot of parents today come forward to encourage their daughters to take up sport because they feel women's cricket is growing… — Mithali Raj Copy Share Image
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought!… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“Is constructive criticism really constructive? Not really. You can't make a child better by pointing out what you think is wrong with… — H. Norman Wright Copy Share Image
“In later years, your child will still appreciate having some time with you before he goes to sleep. He needs close, warm,… — Richard Ferber Copy Share Image
There are still so many unanswered questions about what causes autism and other developmental disorders on the spectrum. So it is vital… — Manny Alvarez Copy Share Image
“You city boys and your psychologists. Just what we need, some fancy-pants lollygaggin' around telling us all how we need to get… — Lora Leigh Copy Share Image
My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The whole process of raising a family is one of perfecting our own lives. That which we transmit consciously and unconsciously to… — Henry D. Moyle Copy Share Image
There are great parents of small children - they keep their little hair in bows - but those parents are not always… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Not having children does not, as we childless people are often made to feel, render our lives less marked by love. How… — Shon Faye Copy Share Image
“What to us looks like independence is really just dependence transferred. We are in such a hurry for our children to be… — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
“It is a land bright with truth, where a man’s word is his pledge, and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude… — Clarence Budington Kelland Copy Share Image
I hope you are reading to your children, out loud. That's much better than watching television, much better. They won't get very… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
September had never been betrayed before. She did not even know what to call the feeling in her chest, so bitter and… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
My mom and dad both worked when I was little... My mom, her mom died when she was 11, so she had… — Nick Foles Copy Share Image
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
