All around me, I saw people who were taught by their parents, as I was, to just toe the line, not ruffle… — Simu Liu Copy Share Image
You have to be grateful to existence that it has chosen you to be a passage for a few beautiful children. But… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No one can survive childhood without being wounded. Everyone remembers at least one time when their parents rejected them, pushed them away,… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
When people see Barack Obama, they don't necessarily see an African-American president. They see someone who is a child of immigrants. They… — Grace Meng Copy Share Image
And nothing inspires as much shame as being a parent. Children confront us with our paradoxes and hypocrisies, and we are exposed.… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I see the love in my child's eyes when he sees me, and I know it's gigantic. As an older person, I've… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
“Parenting children with severe behaviors is not a simple job, yet it is a responsibility charged to us by God. It is… — Heather T. Forbes Copy Share Image
The child to be concerned about is the one who is actively unhappy, [in school]… In the long run, a child's emotional… — Dorothy H Cohen Copy Share Image
People always want to give you advice about parenting. People who you've never met before will tell you you're doing something wrong.… — Emma Healey Copy Share Image
An AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She has that voraciousness about children. She swoops in on them. Even I, in public was a beloved child. She'd parade me… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
'Master Harold' is about me as a little boy, and my father, who was an alcoholic. There's a thread running down the… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life. They are his contact with the supplies that keep life… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“The ideal parent is not anxiously hanging around trying to micromanage everything. The ideal parent makes it feel that problems, difficulties and… — The School of Life Copy Share Image
Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
“Only children simply accept the fact that their parents have the right to make choices for them. Even disobedient children never question… — The Mirror of Maybe Copy Share Image
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go… — Noah Baumbach Copy Share Image
“But the truth is, there's little even the most organized people can do to prepare themselves for having children. They can buy… — Jennifer Senior Copy Share Image
There are few places outside his own play where a child can contribute to the world in which he finds himself. His… — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
Parents, teach your children to express themselves. Teach them to be in touch with their emotions, to speak honestly to people, and… — Jeff Bryant Copy Share Image
“Parents should learn to stop nagging their children about how well they could do “if you only tried more, or cared more.”… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“When our e-motions are not mirrored and named, we lose contact with one of our vital human powers. Parents who are out… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Children are bad enough--children are rude, selfish, greedy, and unthinking individuals who are unable to distinguish between their own selfish wants and… — Ian Sansom Copy Share Image
The new concept of the child as equal and the new integration of children into adult life has helped bring about a… — Marie Winn Copy Share Image
The intimation never wholly deserts us that there is, in the unformed activities of childhood and youth, the possibilities of a better… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It's a taboo that comes back over and over, to suggest that women can feel divided - that you can love your… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
Another parent's different approach raises the possibility that you've made a mistake with your child. We simply can't tolerate that because we… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I had the worst birthday party ever when I was a child because my parents hired a pony to give rides. And… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
“Living with the “raw gem” of a persistent child is not easy. To tell these kids no, to thwart their efforts, is… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even… — Archie Manning Copy Share Image
When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him… — Magda Gerber Copy Share Image
If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
Parents, do you wish to see your children happy? Take care, then, that you train them to obey when they are spoken… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“When we focus narrowly on what we should be doing, we become blind to our attachment relationship with our children and its… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
The goal in raising one's child is to enable him, first, to discover who he wants to be, and then to become… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So… — Adam Shankman Copy Share Image
The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image