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title: "6 Children Tend Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/even-when-freshly-washed-and-relieved-of-all-obvious-confections/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/fran-lebowitz-690_child_even-when-freshly-washed-and-relieved-of_922481.png)

> [In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-galinsky/in-families-children-tend-to-take-on-stock-roles-as-if-there-were/)

[Ellen Galinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-galinsky/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/ellen-galinsky-38474_black_in-families-children-tend-to-take-on-sto_1553774.jpg)

> [When given age-appropriate challenges, children tend to take them very seriously; in fact, the more obvious the risk is, the more cautiously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darell-hammond/when-given-age-appropriate-challenges-children-tend-to-take-them-very/)

[Darell Hammond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darell-hammond/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/darell-hammond-15754_challenges_when-given-age-appropriate-challenges-ch_1730438.jpg)

> [Children always tend to imitate everything that we are doing in front of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soha-ali-khan/children-always-tend-to-imitate-everything-that-we-are-doing-in-front/)

[Soha Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soha-ali-khan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/soha-ali-khan-6100_always_children-always-tend-to-imitate-everythi_2358222.jpg)

> [Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andre/artists-tend-to-be-beyond-embarrassment-the-way-little-children-tend/)

[Carl Andre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-andre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/carl-andre-12004_art_artists-tend-to-be-beyond-embarrassment_2468161.jpg)

> [If you are agitated, children tend to think that they have done something wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonali-bendre/if-you-are-agitated-children-tend-to-think-that-they-have-done/)

[Sonali Bendre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonali-bendre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86f/sonali-bendre-8619_agitated_if-you-are-agitated-children-tend-to-thi_3227611.jpg)

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