children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A good parent will teach their kids to be kind and forgive others. If we had a little more of that in… — Johan Twiss Copy Share Image
If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then,… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“The philosophy "Do as I say, not as I do" does not work. Modeling is more powerful than words in teaching your… — Rex L. Forehand Copy Share Image
The world is divided between kids who grow up wanting to be their parents and those like us, who grow up wanting… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
I think a common misperception about attuning and tending to a child's needs so constantly is that they don't grow in their… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would be a good godmother. I have read about it, and I found that the godmother's position is… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
How we feel about our kids isn't as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
A parent of high moral standing will never use their child as a weapon to hurt the other should the relationship break… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Parents raise children then grow old, and their children forget the things their old parents did for them, because their brains don’t… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
“You Do Make a Difference But biology is not destiny. What we now know is that nature and nurture matter. How your… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
When I was a child I liked watching shows about bounty hunters and Canadian Mounties. I liked the 'Lone Ranger,' I liked… — Duane Chapman Copy Share Image
Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing… — Amy Grant Copy Share Image
Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to… — Janusz Korczak Copy Share Image
Children crawl before they walk, walk before they run--each generally a precondition for the other. And with each step they take toward… — Lillian B. Rubin Copy Share Image
Children need systems that are inclusive and driven by them, systems that will enable them to respond to their feelings and needs… — Jeroo Billimoria Copy Share Image
I always thought eating what you wanted was one of those aspects of adulthood to be looked forward to when you were… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they… — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I dispute the idea that we turn into our parents. These children who have come into my life are unique beings. I… — Andrew Lincoln Copy Share Image
“That was when I learned that kindness could break a heart just as sure as meanness. The difference was the kindness made… — Susie Finkbeiner Copy Share Image
I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
Some kids don't want to be organized all the time. They want to let their imaginations run; they want to see where… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“Somehow kids are supposed to match the levels of calm and composure we might find in mature forty-seven-year-olds. Estimates” — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
To be a good parent, you need to take care of yourself so that you can have the physical and emotional energy… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
“Do you know the greatest gift a parent can give to a child?” she asked, looking around the room. No one answered.… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“When we mother well, we teach our children to embrace the moral obligations that build solid relationships, healthy marriages, and secure families.” — Jani Ortlund Copy Share Image
“To demystify the meaning of love, the art and practice of loving, we need to use sound definitions of love when talking… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store...all of the responsibility and none of the authority. — Valerie J Lewis Coleman Copy Share Image
“Even now he could not say in his heart of hearts for which side he would draw his blade when he was… — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
I like sugar, be it candy, this season's pumpkin chocolate chip bars, or wine. Sugar is bad for me. It just sits… — Alicia Coppola Copy Share Image
“Children needed space more than overprotection. Parents who hovered were meeting their own needs, not their children’s.” — Martha Woodroof Copy Share Image
Respect children because they're human beings and they deserve respect, and they'll grow up to be better people. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
“As a good parent or teacher, we should teach our children that failure is an opportunity for improvement and growth, rather than… — Asa Don Brown Copy Share Image
Every child is going to grow up. You can see it happen in the books: They get older and older and belong… — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
Those days of every child having a mummy and daddy who lived at home - Daddy went to work, and Mummy stayed… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
I have this idea of myself as this quiet, observant, thoughtful child, which my parents roundly contradict. They claim that I was… — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
