--- title: "17 Our children Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "17 Our children quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Our children sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-th_3214557.png" --- > [We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-they-can-take-a-sense-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-th_3214557.png) > [When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-our-children-see-us-expressing-our-emotions-they-can-learn-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/fred-rogers-1272_child_when-our-children-see-us-expressing-our_880531.png) > [It is our continuing love for our children that makes us want them to become all they can be, and their continuing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-is-our-continuing-love-for-our-children-that-makes-us-want-them-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9d/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_it-is-our-continuing-love-for-our-childr_983418.png) > [Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/our-children-are-extensions-of-ourselves-in-ways-our-parents-are-not/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/fred-rogers-1272_brother_our-children-are-extensions-of-ourselves_2549851.png) > [Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/parents-don-t-come-full-bloom-at-the-birth-of-the-first-baby-in-fact/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/fred-rogers-1272_baby_parents-don-t-come-full-bloom-at-the-bir_2882377.png) > [If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-you-like-to-make-things-out-of-wood-or-sew-or-dance-or-style/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/fred-rogers-1272_boxes_if-you-like-to-make-things-out-of-wood-o_2471124.jpg) > [It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-s-not-always-easy-for-a-father-to-understand-the-interests-and/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/fred-rogers-1272_children_it-s-not-always-easy-for-a-father-to-und_581890.png) > [When we leave our child in nursery school for the first time, it won't be just our child's feelings about separation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-leave-our-child-in-nursery-school-for-the-first-time-it-won-t/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c04/fred-rogers-1272_children_when-we-leave-our-child-in-nursery-schoo_1538908.png) > [Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-it-s-something-we-tend-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/fred-rogers-1272_admire_most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-it_1417101.png) > [As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/as-different-as-we-are-from-one-another-as-unique-as-each-one-of-us/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/fred-rogers-1272_adults_as-different-as-we-are-from-one-another_51122.jpg) > [Very early in our children's lives we will be forced to realize that the "perfect" untroubled life we'd like for them is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/very-early-in-our-children-s-lives-we-will-be-forced-to-realize-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/fred-rogers-1272_adults_very-early-in-our-children-s-lives-we-wi_2959536.png) > [ \[I\]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-f-we-can-bring-our-children-understanding-comfort-and-hopefulness/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/fred-rogers-1272_adults_i-f-we-can-bring-our-children-understand_3184532.jpg) > [The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-very-best-reason-parents-are-so-special-is-because-we-are-the/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/fred-rogers-1272_can-do_the-very-best-reason-parents-are-so-spec_1549651.png) > [It is one of the paradoxes of parenting, and often a painful paradox, that even as our children need us for love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-is-one-of-the-paradoxes-of-parenting-and-often-a-painful-paradox/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/fred-rogers-1272_adults_it-is-one-of-the-paradoxes-of-parenting_784051.png) > [When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-choose-to-be-parents-we-accept-another-human-being-as-part-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_when-we-choose-to-be-parents-we-accept-a_1486413.png) > [Love is at the root of all healthy discipline. The desire to be loved is a powerful motivation for children to behave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/love-is-at-the-root-of-all-healthy-discipline-the-desire-to-be-loved/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/fred-rogers-1272_behave_love-is-at-the-root-of-all-healthy-disci_1339228.jpg) > [I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-doubt-that-we-can-ever-successfully-impose-values-or-attitudes-or/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/fred-rogers-1272_attitude_i-doubt-that-we-can-ever-successfully-im_2167962.jpg) ## Other authors on Our children ## More by Fred Rogers > [Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/listening-is-a-very-active-awareness-of-the-coming-together-of-at/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/children-who-have-learned-to-be-comfortably-dependent-can-become-not/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/as-different-as-we-are-from-one-another-as-unique-as-each-one-of-us/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/this-evening-is-as-brief-as-the-twinkling-of-an-eye-yet-such/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's possible that you'll care about others. 'You are special, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-underlying-message-of-the-neighborhood-is-that-if-somebody-cares/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Play is really the work of childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/play-is-really-the-work-of-childhood/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Love isn't a perfect state of caring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/love-isn-t-a-perfect-state-of-caring/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Real strength has to do with helping others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/real-strength-has-to-do-with-helping-others/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-another-person-is-to-gracefully/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-values-we-care-about-the-deepest-and-the-movements-within-society/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [“Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/everyone-longs-to-be-loved-and-the-greatest-thing-we-can-do-is-to-let/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Attitudes are caught, not taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/attitudes-are-caught-not-taught/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/forgiveness-is-a-strange-thing-it-can-sometimes-be-easier-to-forgive/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it-would-be-paralyzed-with/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/what-s-been-important-in-my-understanding-of-myself-and-others-is-the/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/our-children/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "17 Our children Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-they-can-take-a-sense-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-th_3214557.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-th_3214557.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-want-to-raise-our-children-so-that-th_3214557.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed, and can be talked about. 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