Child Quotes · Page 125

“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.

— Rosanna Arquette

Parenthood always involves recognizing your child as separate and different from you.

— Andrew Solomon

There is no greater leadership challenge than parenting.

— Jim Rohn

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

— Benjamin Spock

It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.

— Donald Woods Winnicott

“A child is still one more hope Even in this careworn world.”

— J.A. Jance

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

— Robert Byrne

The child, merely by going on with his life, learns to speak the language belonging to his race. It is like a…

— Maria Montessori

You can't be the dad who takes your kid out after your wife has said, 'No ice cream,' buys the ice cream,…

— Howie Mandel

“The most powerful way to keep your children from being attracted by the offers of camaraderie from the wicked is to make…

— Tedd Tripp

What is it about childhood that never lets you go, even when you're so wrecked it's hard to believe you ever were…

— Mitch Albom

There is a difference between being a bad child and being a wild child. Anybody can be wild, but to be bad…

— Nir Hod

A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks…

— Helen Keller

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

— Michel de Montaigne

All parents all over the world want their children to lead a better life than themselves, but they need to believe that…

— Shukla Bose

“But - but - but!" said Dirk, thumping the table in frustration, "don't you understand that we need to be childish in…

— Douglas Adams

There are really two major obstacles all parents face in teaching their children to obey: not only is the world they live…

— John Macarthur

“Parents think they can hand children permanent confidence—like a gift—by praising their brains and talent. It doesn’t work, and in fact has…

— Carol S. Dweck

Taking the child's point of view demands good will, time, and effort on the part of parents. The child is the clear…

— David Elkind

Children are tough, though we tend to think of them as fragile. They have to be tough. Childhood is not easy. We…

— Maurice Sendak

When I last looked, there weren't queues of eager guys under 40 hanging outside single ladies' doors begging them to give up…

— Mariella Frostrup

“It was important to look confident, he realized that very early on. After all, there was a terrible tendency among adults to…

— John Boyne

By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to…

— Sal Albanese

A film that doesn't get distributed is like a child that never gets married.

— Jiang Wen

Your children are not little mirrors reflecting back the good or bad job you've done.

— Harriet Lerner

Children always tend to imitate everything that we are doing in front of them.

— Soha Ali Khan

One of the best things parents can do for their children is to be approachable at all times.

— Terry Mark

A Lot of Parents will do anything for their Kids... Except let them be themselves...

— Banksy

“Patty believed that parents have a duty to teach their children how to recognize reality when they see it.”

— Jonathan Franzen

“Life is not how we lead it. It is how children are born to lead it.”

— Raheel Farooq

“Tell the children to do all their business before they come over. I do not change diapers.”

— Sophie Oak

Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.

— Mark Vonnegut

“But there's nothing like your first {child}. They grow up so fast.”

— Garth Stein

The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.

— Robert Edwards

I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.

— Jim Rash

Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'

— Mo Ibrahim

“Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.”

— Bradley Miller

Sharing is Caring - Teaching our children to share is teaching them compassion and love.

— Kevin Heath

There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it.

— Ritu Ghatourey