As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in… — Dan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers, guides, leaders, protectors and providers for their children. — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
Like any good parent you are trying to get the kid in a position where he is stronger and more powerful, and… — Timothy Olyphant Copy Share Image
Children need loving attention, closeness and deep affection and also loving touch. Love will make them feel safe. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“perhaps all parents feel this way, but the only thing Kira has ever wanted for her kids was health, safety, and a… — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried… — Greg Garcia Copy Share Image
“Our own sense of imperfection and insecurity shouldn't prevent a conscientious effort to nourish a sense of security in our kids.” — Diane Medved Copy Share Image
Life has a tendency to obfuscate and bewilder, Such as fating us to spend the first part of our lives being embarrassed… — Ogden Nash Copy Share Image
Nurturing a child’s sense of personal worth and therefore hope and dreams for a wonderful future is perhaps the most important responsibility… — Wess Stafford Copy Share Image
I do not long for the world as it was when I was a child. I do not long for the person… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant.… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Because of my unique experience as my mom's child, the beginning of my journey was more about me trying to figure out… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
When I look back at that freedom of childhood, which is in a way infinite, and at all the joy and the… — Karl Ove Knausgaard Copy Share Image
The child is naturally meditative. He is a sort of samadhi; he's coming out of the womb of existence. His life river… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties… — Timothy Murphy Copy Share Image
“After you are here, I will try not to become one of those parents who brag incessantly about their children, who force… — Suzanne Finnamore Copy Share Image
I was one of those children forced into fighting at the age of 13, in my country Sierra Leone, a war that… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child. — Dawn Angelique Copy Share Image
Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
“A person can't pick up they children and just squeeze them to which-a-way they wants them to be.” — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
A child, then a man, now a feather / Passing through a furious fire / Called time. — Mary Jo Bang Copy Share Image
We have children to pursue other elements of well-being. We want meaning in life. We want relationships. — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
If you don't have a child, you're not a real woman. I know the ERA people will kill me for saying that. — Erin Gray Copy Share Image
Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do. — Emily Oster Copy Share Image
"Body am I, and soul" - so saith the child. And why should one not speak like children? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Knowing you're a child of the creator of the universe changes everything. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
How presumptuous of someone to think the world is interested in a half-dozen or eight or 10 of their kids. — Anne Nicol Gaylor Copy Share Image
Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen." — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks. — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
I was a very, very serious child... I was valedictorian of my kindergarten and eighth-grade class. — Christine Lavin Copy Share Image
