“The de'clic (DEH-kleek) is an aha moment when a child figures out how to do something important on his own...it's a welcome… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Our children are our future and we must continue to nurture them and provide the best possible environment for them to grow… — Jim Justice Copy Share Image
“When you parent, it’s crucial you realize you aren’t raising a “mini me,” but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. For… — Shefali Tsabary Copy Share Image
Parents ought to feel more comfortable about the care of their children than some experts would seem to permit. If children were… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We must acknowledge that bearing and raising children is not some pesky, peripheral activity that we engage in, but the whole point. — Susan Maushart Copy Share Image
Watch your children play and see who they will become. Watch your children sleep and see who they used to be. While… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
It was a pleasure to work with Destiny's Child in the beginning of their career. Working in the studio with Beyonce was… — Chris Stokes Copy Share Image
“I thought again about those studies that say the fewer choices we have, the happier we are. I also wondered why it… — Jo Maeder Copy Share Image
As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Every adult, whether he is a follower or a leader, a member of a mass or of an elite, was once a… — Erik Erikson Copy Share Image
“Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings...They are spying on real grownups all the time, learning what they fight about,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“If we will not do the little things like change a diaper, swaddle our young one, or sit down and play with… — Steven Kolberg Copy Share Image
“In short, we live with an overriding sense that we have ultimate control over who our kids become when they are adults.… — Meg Meeker Copy Share Image
“You don’t need to blame your parents for teaching you to be like them. What else could they teach you but what… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The challenging part of parenting for me is to make sure that an individual person is an individual and not some sort… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
“It seems to me that childhood ends and adult life begins the moment you stop believing your parents can rescue you.” — Julie Murphy Copy Share Image
“But sometimes it is just impossible to obey blindly. Sometimes a child must strike out on her own. A child cannot be… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
Say you hate your parents? Orphans cry their hearts out to have such loving and caring parents. Love your parents! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The fact is that your child is not growing out of that annoying noise they make, or the gesturing, or spinning. It’s… — Linda Bennett Copy Share Image
“Laughing like crazy the child goes back to the city gives birth to monsters creates earthquakes hairy women run naked old folks… — Nicanor Parra Copy Share Image
Yes, the essence of every love is a child, and it makes no difference at all whether it has ever actually been… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
A child sees everything in a sense of newness - he is always drunk. Genius is nothing but childhood re-attained at will. — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
As a child, I was a brat, and my parents didn't know how to control me. So they told me ghost stories,… — Bipasha Basu Copy Share Image
“The mind fabricates and believes in whatever it wants to conclude is true because of what occurs on the spur of the… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur… — Marcelene Cox Copy Share Image
I'd like to say let your kids go out and play. Then I'd say you're not going to do that are you?… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Your children are not your children. They are lives longing for itself. They come here with their own destiny. Give them your… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
In thinking of the sustainability and inclusiveness of our nation's economy and society, we place child-rearing support as our most important policy. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
“To raise a child is to submit to a staggering amount of work, much of which is deeply unpleasant. It would be… — Jonathan V. Last Copy Share Image
Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
“Words of praise should mirror for the child a realistic picture of her accomplishments, not a distorted image of her personality.” — Haim G. Ginott Copy Share Image
A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
An atmosphere of trust, love, and humor can nourish extraordinary human capacity. One key is authenticity: parents acting as people, not as… — Marilyn Ferguson Copy Share Image
That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What you don't realize as a kid is that if your parents are always going to be there for you, they aren't… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
