Our children long for realistic maps of the future that they can be proud of. Where are the cartographers of human purpose? — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“Our actions speak louder than our words with the young child, who cannot help but imitate. Through us, children learn whether or… — Rahima Baldwin Dancy Copy Share Image
If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Crosby, Stills and Nash songs, Teach Your Children: Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry, so… — Jennifer Connors Copy Share Image
“Pedophiles the world over. If you want to do that insufferable thing you do without care, concern, and/or worry; become a Catholic… — A.K. Kuykendall Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I did want a boy child because I had this romantic idea that a boy child when he's 16 takes his mother… — Jennifer Saunders Copy Share Image
I had a great grandmother who believed in so many strange superstitions. She used to tell the future from the things that… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“The sages advise us to study Torah lishma-"for its own sake" rather than to impress others with our scholarship. A paradox of… — Wendy Mogel Copy Share Image
Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z,… — Azzedine Alaia Copy Share Image
Behold the Child among his new-born blisses A six years' Darling of a pigmy size! See, where 'mid work of his own… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“They (parents) want life to unfold according to what they believe. Most people want that. The last thing they want and need,… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“...the more we do for a child the less he will do for himself. If we give him watered-down material, many explanations,… — Karen Andreola Copy Share Image
Even though kids may have planned for months for the trip to Disneyland, some may be feeling very homesick, very forlorn, or… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your… — Levita Charin Copy Share Image
I believe your children should work on their own and make a name for themselves. By doing this they become confident. My… — Pankaj Kapur Copy Share Image
A surefire method of setting up regular communication with your kids is to get a job in an office which discourages personal… — Teresa Bloomingdale Copy Share Image
For many of us it is obvious that children are our ultimate investment, but unfortunately children are also the ultimate investment of… — Laura Huxley Copy Share Image
Ever since I was a child, I have loved being the centre of attention, but similarly, I can't remember a time in… — Gerard Butler Copy Share Image
When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
The child is much more spiritually elevated than is usually supposed. He often suffers, not from too much work, but from work… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too. — Mike D Copy Share Image
Part of our responsibility as parents, as adults, is to set examples for children. But we have to like children in order… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
Children are the bearers of life in its simplest and most joyous form. Children are color-blind and still free of all the… — Keith Haring Copy Share Image
If you put your parents in an old folks home, I will have a difficult time liking you. They took care of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I'm a 90s child and I have grown up on a staple diet of David Dhawan films, Baazigar, Rangeela and Dil Chahta… — Tahir Raj Bhasin 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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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