Child Quotes · Page 89

Raising kids may be a thankless job with ridiculous hours, but at least the pay sucks.

— Jim Gaffigan

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

— Paul Tillich

A child, then a man, now a feather / Passing through a furious fire / Called time.

— Mary Jo Bang

Children's ability to learn is infinite when they are engaged.

— Rohini Nilekani

It is in playing, and perhaps only in playing, that the child is free to be creative.

— Donald Woods Winnicott

We all end up at least somewhat like our parents, especially in the way we deal with our children.

— Benjamin Spock

“A child is still one more hope Even in this careworn world.”

— J.A. Jance

Children always tend to imitate everything that we are doing in front of them.

— Soha Ali Khan

Childhood is a long, long road, from which that dark whispering forest of death seems an impossible destination.

— Lauren DeStefano

When you have five little kids, you're not going to open Mindy Kaling's latest book. You're playing with your kids.

— Jim Gaffigan

Every time we rock our babies in the night, we bring order back to a disordered world. Every time we look down…

— Ben Shapiro

Kids don't have ruts yet that adults have carved into their minds. They're born logical. Crooked thinking has to be taught.

— James P. Hogan

You want your kids to feel happy and good about themselves. The rest they'll work out on their own. You never know…

— Buck Brannaman

“it's definitely best for little children to have a regular life, especially if they can regulate it themselves.”

— Astrid Lindgren

Whenever excessive regulation is on the horizon, you can guarantee our kids will be wheeled out as a battering ram against adult…

— Claire Fox

I don't feel that clock ticking. I'm not really worried about it. At the same time I would like to have kids…

— Bridget Marquardt

Young children seem to be learning who to share this toy with and figure out how it works, while adolescents seem to…

— Alison Gopnik

If parents are aiming at choosing children who will be good athletes, or great musicians, or who will get into Ivy League…

— Michael Sandel

“He just has to step away from the moment to see it. Which isn’t surprising. Lots of parents will tell you that…

— Jennifer Senior

When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree:…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Sometimes I wonder if little kids have it easy. Scrapes from bike riding are the worst pain, the biggest concern is that…

— Ritu Ghatourey

“NEED SHAME BINDS When these needs are neglected, children are given the message that their needs are not important, and they lose…

— John Bradshaw

“I see so many situations where a child is in the midst of plenty, a virtual banquet spread out before him, but…

— Gabor Maté

“On the whole, punishments that are productive (work details above and beyond ordinary chores) are the best punishments whenever they can be…

— Jay E. Adams

Your children are not little mirrors reflecting back the good or bad job you've done.

— Harriet Lerner

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

— Robert Byrne

A film that doesn't get distributed is like a child that never gets married.

— Jiang Wen

One of the best things parents can do for their children is to be approachable at all times.

— Terry Mark

A Lot of Parents will do anything for their Kids... Except let them be themselves...

— Banksy

We must work to reshape the need for our children to want to live so fast even if it means dying too…

— T.I

I don't think children are any more resilent than anyone else. They're just people with little bodies.

— Kirstie Alley

“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Parenthood always involves recognizing your child as separate and different from you.

— Andrew Solomon

I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.

— Rosanna Arquette

There is no greater leadership challenge than parenting.

— Jim Rohn

Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise.

— Wes Fesler

No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.

— Robin Sharma

DEFENCE: What you'd better have around de yard if you're going to let de children play outside.

— Nikhil Saluja

Child please, go back to your corner while I do m'thing here.

— Nick Bui

“The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other.”

— Jan Blaustone