Child Quotes · Page 151

It is crucial that young people are taught sustainable child production and rearing.

— Alice Walker

“Sometimes a child is waiting for her turn on the swingset when everything is shadow.”

— Tina May Hall

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

— Gordon Neufeld

Unfortunately, Haiti does not have many safe environments for children to play and express themselves.

— Karen Civil

You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

— Alan Ball

“You shouldn't do that. Not to your child. You should-carry your own burdens.”

— Cassandra Clare

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

— Anna Quindlen

I think the kids today need to hear more about morals and values.

— Isaac Hayes

I'm not religious. I was as a child, and like lots of people, I suppose, rapidly became very disillusioned with the whole…

— Natascha McElhone

Many children are natural fantasists, I think, perhaps because their imaginations have yet to be clobbered into submission by experience.

— David Mitchell

It is written: when children find true love, parents find true joy. Here's to your joy and ours, from this day forward.

— Anonymous

I would say that children are more resilient than you realize, and that as long as you love them, there is no…

— Al Roker

The child must come first above all else. And pace yourself every day. There is quite a lot you will have to…

— Iman Abdulmajid

It is the responsibility of every adult... to make sure that children hear what we have learned from the lessons of life…

— Marian Wright Edelman

But children can't be a center of life and a reason for being. They can be a thousand things that are delightful,…

— Doris Lessing

There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied,…

— Bertrand Russell

You can make changes in your life and you can say, "I'm going to be a better parent next year than I…

— Joel Osteen

It is, I suppose, the common grief of children at having to protect their parents from reality. It is bitter for the…

— Katherine Dunn

“Attachment divides the child's world into those the child likes and those the child is indifferent to, those who attract and those…

— Gabor Maté

“Not long ago, two children in Great Park made a quest: a boy who sought a way to talk through the thing…

— David Mains

We know that no algorithm can solve global poverty; no pill can cure a chronic illness; no box of chocolates can mend…

— Carl Honore

My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious…

— Jonas Gahr Store

I always thought I would have kids, but I didn't also think about what my life would be. I think it's like,…

— Robby Hoffman

I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's…

— George R. R. Martin

“Always listen to the parent who doesn’t like who you love. They can smell a mistake.”

— Terry McMillan

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?

— Patricia Reilly Giff

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

— Josh Billings

It wouldn't be fair to drag a child round the world, touring.

— Samantha Fox

Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'.

— Andreas Koefoed

“The next generation of quiet kids can and should be raised to know their own strengths.”

— Susan Cain

It's important for children to see what's out there and learn that it's fun to go.

— Heidi Klum

Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

As a child, my mother had instilled in me a feeling of being born for a purpose.

— Shukla Bose

I think if you give your best as a parent, then that's all you can do.

— Heidi Klum

Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.

— Kelly Gallagher

“I guess children believe whatever they want to believe. Perhaps adults do too.”

— Nathan Filer

Here's a shock: An adult who still hangs out in skate parks is a bad parent.

— Daniel Tosh

“A child, she knew has, no choice where God will send it.”

— Tess Hilmo

See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.

— John Ruskin

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

— Peter De Vries