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title: "9 Meet Children Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I don't let a lot of reporters meet my children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelina-jolie/i-don-t-let-a-lot-of-reporters-meet-my-children/)

[Angelina Jolie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelina-jolie/)

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> [“When children meet other children, they have to do something -- fight or play.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavinia-greenlaw/when-children-meet-other-children-they-have-to-do-something-fight-or/)

[Lavinia Greenlaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavinia-greenlaw/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/lavinia-greenlaw-29094_children_when-children-meet-other-children-they-h_2056500.jpg)

> [Whenever we release our need to be right about everything as parents, we are able to meet our children in a relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjuna-ardagh/whenever-we-release-our-need-to-be-right-about-everything-as-parents/)

[Arjuna Ardagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjuna-ardagh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/arjuna-ardagh-20921_able_whenever-we-release-our-need-to-be-right_1384867.png)

> [Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roselyne-bosch/being-a-journalist-got-me-to-meet-with-children-who-had-witnessed-all/)

[Roselyne Bosch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roselyne-bosch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/180/roselyne-bosch-49931_belief_being-a-journalist-got-me-to-meet-with-c_2988381.jpg)

> [Once we meet our children, even for moments, in a place of "I don't know," of relinquished authority, we return to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arjuna-ardagh/once-we-meet-our-children-even-for-moments-in-a-place-of-i-don-t-know/)

[Arjuna Ardagh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arjuna-ardagh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae5/arjuna-ardagh-20921_alive_once-we-meet-our-children-even-for-momen_604698.png)

> [We must meet children as equals in that area of our nature where we are their equals...The child as reader is neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-must-meet-children-as-equals-in-that-area-of-our-nature-where-we/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/anonymous-1_children_we-must-meet-children-as-equals-in-that_1387059.jpg)

> [When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-lin/when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-they-ll-bring-me-photos-of-when/)

[Grace Lin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-lin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/grace-lin-32582_book_when-i-meet-children-at-book-signings-th_1787321.png)

> [When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steph-mcgovern/when-i-come-to-schools-like-norton-primary-academy-and-meet-children/)

[Steph McGovern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steph-mcgovern/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/steph-mcgovern-13945_better_when-i-come-to-schools-like-norton-prima_189918.jpg)

> [“Some of the best friends you'll ever meet in your life, you'll meet though your children--mothers and fathers of their friends, parents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-fox/some-of-the-best-friends-you-ll-ever-meet-in-your-life-you-ll-meet/)

[Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-fox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/michael-j-fox-1653_best-friend_some-of-the-best-friends-you-ll-ever-mee_893653.jpg)

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