Very early in our children's lives we will be forced to realize that the "perfect" untroubled life we'd like for them is… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The answer to our prayer of how to meet our children’s needs may be to more often technologically disconnect. Precious moments of… — Rosemary M. Wixom Copy Share Image
“It's hard to look at it like that, isn't it? Because if you can be a better parent than the ones you… — Allie Larkin Copy Share Image
The fact that people can forget these simple truths when intellectualizing about children shows how far modern doctrines have taken us. They… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Darling found that permissive parents don’t actually learn more about their child’s lives. “Kids who go wild and get in trouble mostly… — Po Bronson Copy Share Image
I think that we are all much closer to our childhood selves than we often think, so when we read about childhood,… — Sadie Jones Copy Share Image
I didn't really know anything about Margot Fonteyn. I'd never really been a ballet child, so I had no idea what an… — Anne-Marie Duff Copy Share Image
“Not enough youths fighting windmills. And the old are fearful, jaded or dead. Do not ask me what to do. I am… — psyche roxas-mendoza Copy Share Image
When the children had completed an absorbing bit of work, they appeared rested and deeply pleased. It almost seemed as if a… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Childhood ought to have at least a few entitlements that aren't entangled with utilitarian considerations. One of them should be the right… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“Many families actively discourage the expression of tough emotions like fear and anger. Happiness and tranquility, meanwhile, make it to the top… — John Medina Copy Share Image
It is hard to find someone who will give your children a feeling of security while it lasts and not wound them… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
If you want your children to relate to the culture you live in, if you want to train them outside of the… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five… — Carol S. Dweck Copy Share Image
I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because… — Arianna Huffington Copy Share Image
Yeah, anytime anybody has a kid, you know how you feel when you have a kid, you look at the world differently… — Jamie Foxx Copy Share Image
I put up a huge wall of denial. It was years before I was able to break through it... accepting that your… — Anne Ford Copy Share Image
“What is the purpose of my writing about the various experiences of my life? It is not for publicity, but with the… — Ernest Albert Law Copy Share Image
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard… — Cathy Guisewite Copy Share Image
Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset… — Timothy Carey Copy Share Image
“Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I want people to feel conflicted. I want them to feel for characters they started out hating. I want to start conversations… — Sian Heder Copy Share Image
When I was a child growing up in Maine, one of my favorite things to do was to look for sand dollars… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
Although we like to think of young children's lives as free of troubles, they are in fact filled with disappointment and frustration.… — Bruno Bettelheim Copy Share Image
A child wants some kind of undisrupted routine or rhythm. He seems to want a predictable, orderly world. For instance, injustice, unfairness… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
“This is the first duty of parents, and no false delicacy should keep them from the watchful care, the gentle warning, which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“A message To the children who have read this book. When you grow up and have children of your own, do please… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“For it is the role of the parent to express his concerns and then take three steps back. Not one, mind you,… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
I think the main thing is trying to be fair, sometimes there has to be a little bit of discipline, maybe even… — Archie Manning Copy Share Image
“Living with the “raw gem” of a persistent child is not easy. To tell these kids no, to thwart their efforts, is… — Mary Sheedy Kurcinka Copy Share Image
It's tough for parents to talk to children about heavy-weight topics such as peer pressure, drugs and morality if they don't already… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I had the worst birthday party ever when I was a child because my parents hired a pony to give rides. And… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
Another parent's different approach raises the possibility that you've made a mistake with your child. We simply can't tolerate that because we… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him… — Magda Gerber Copy Share Image
A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So… — Adam Shankman Copy Share Image
No one is willing to believe that adults too, like children, wander about this earth in a daze and, like children, do… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The great thing about getting married young like I did and having a child so young is that he gets to know… — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
