Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
You have to let individuals make their own choices and respect that, even if it's your own child. And that's what was… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali Copy Share Image
If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
They played at hearts as other children might play at ball; only, as it was really their two hearts that they flung… — Gaston Leroux Copy Share Image
Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they?… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
... And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
When you meet your kids, you realize that they deserve great parents. And then you have your marching orders, and you have… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.” — Gordon Neufeld Copy Share Image
A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a… — T. Berry Brazelton Copy Share Image
“Too many of us now allow ourselves to be defined by motherhood and direct every ounce of our energy into our children.… — Judith Warner Copy Share Image
I used to go red when anybody spoke to me. It's awful because you absolutely cannot control it. If you are a… — Catherine Tate Copy Share Image
There's something really magical about having a child - it's like permission to begin again, start over, reevaluate some things, check yourself.… — Jill Scott Copy Share Image
If watching your child die is a parent's worst nightmare, imagine having to tell your other child that his sister is dead...… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
“High-reactive children pay what one psychologist calls “alert attention” to people and things. They literally use more eye movements than others to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Remember that you are not called to produce successful, upwardly mobile, highly educated, athletically talented machines...Givi ng your children great opportunities is… — Chip Ingram Copy Share Image
The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a childs heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
You chastise children when they are bad, as my parents did me. I'm not opposed to smacking. It is to be used… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Men have the influence and power in business and politics. It is the mother who can make the child's bedtime earlier, take… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“As a child, Richard had had nightmares in which he simply wasn't there, in which, no matter how much noise he made,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To Western parents that want to adopt a child, I would say to people that money is not everything, wealth does not… — Lemn Sissay Copy Share Image
“Bear in mind, children, that they listen to you because you are kids—not because you are right. That's how our Father listens… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
I don't think kids should think their lives have to be perfect or have a filter or the best angle or anything… — Tyler Oakley Copy Share Image
“Being a parent is a selfless adventure. The worldview of “Take care of yourself first” is no longer logical to a sane… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
Each child should try to see in his parents the children they previously were. Each parent should try to see in his… — David Viscott Copy Share Image
I had a beautiful childhood and a lovely childhood. I just didn't like being a child. I didn't like the rank injustice… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“These kinds of lost, overeducated mama’s boys were perpetually stumbling down a corridor with two distant exits, one marked HESITANT INTELLECTUAL and… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma… — Mary Garden Copy Share Image
Children did not come into this world because of you. They came through you. Be grateful to them. They are the proof… — Vivek Copy Share Image
“The boy does well enough," said Vicente. "A goose does not ask much of life, after all." "No," she admitted. "Those who… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
If Luna Marie is at the park, my child is not happy unless she's on the highest bar of the jungle gym… — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from… — Jean-Baptiste de La Salle Copy Share Image
“The other kids formed a roving pack, moving like one of those clusters of birds that seem to share a single, frantic… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
If you're an only child, you spend a lot of time by yourself, and you develop a strong ability to entertain yourself,… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Our kids are reflections of us. How we interact with others, even in a hostile situation... how we respond and our children… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
