A child should be a child for as long as possible.

The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the…

— Zach Braff

“Children's lives are always beginning and adults' lives are always ending. Or is it the opposite? Your childhood is always ending and your adult…

— Alison Espach

“As parents who make every effort we can to raise our children in loving security, we do not need to feel more guilt than…

— Gabor Maté

I want to make my music and be a happy woman, a good wife, a good mom and one day hopefully have a child…

— LeAnn Rimes

I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or…

— Natasha Lyonne

We're raising children who have little tolerance for disappointment

— Brené Brown

I'm a weirdo and an only child. That comes together to create one-woman shows.

— Amanda Seales

“Every child is born as angel.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.

— Maria Montessori

Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,…

— Alice Miller

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

— Celine Dion

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

— Johnnetta B. Cole

Bring up your children in the way you think other peoples children should go.

— Vikrant Parsai

Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or…

— Sheila Kamerman

My first three manuscripts were epic fantasy - like high fantasy - and then the fourth one was a historical fantasy about Mozart as…

— Marie Lu