--- title: "27 Treat Children Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 27 Treat Children quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Treat Children sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/whitegirl-41727_children_treat-people-the-way-you-would-like-peop_769711.jpg" --- > [Treat people.. the way you would like people to treat you or your children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitegirl/treat-people-the-way-you-would-like-people-to-treat-you-or-your/) [Whitegirl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitegirl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/whitegirl-41727_children_treat-people-the-way-you-would-like-peop_769711.jpg) > [Fear Allah and treat all your children fairly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/babloo/fear-allah-and-treat-all-your-children-fairly/) [Babloo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/babloo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/babloo-159_allah_fear-allah-and-treat-all-your-children-f_2676876.jpg) > [Treat your children like the blessings they are or don't have them at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kennedy/treat-your-children-like-the-blessings-they-are-or-don-t-have-them-at/) [John Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/john-kennedy-6970_blessings_treat-your-children-like-the-blessings-t_1004241.jpg) > [Most times, how you treat your children is how they grow up to treat you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mark/most-times-how-you-treat-your-children-is-how-they-grow-up-to-treat/) [Terry Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/terry-mark-87_children_most-times-how-you-treat-your-children-i_1111640.jpg) > [If from infancy you treat children as gods, they are liable in adulthood to act as devils.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-from-infancy-you-treat-children-as-gods-they-are-liable-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/anonymous-1_adulthood_if-from-infancy-you-treat-children-as-go_2132032.jpg) > [We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-should-treat-children-as-god-does-us-who-makes-us-happiest-when-he/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_adopted_we-should-treat-children-as-god-does-us_2874417.jpg) > [Young children were always so important to me. Adults should treat children with more respect. We should put more monies in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-wozniak/young-children-were-always-so-important-to-me-adults-should-treat/) [Steve Wozniak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-wozniak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d1/steve-wozniak-2527_adults_young-children-were-always-so-important_2887485.png) > [The great lesson I got from my parents is how not to treat your children. To break that chain, even if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naveen-andrews/the-great-lesson-i-got-from-my-parents-is-how-not-to-treat-your/) [Naveen Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naveen-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/naveen-andrews-11339_children_the-great-lesson-i-got-from-my-parents-i_2435642.png) > [ Let us treat them \[children\], therefore, with all the kindness which we would wish to help to develop in them. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-montessori/let-us-treat-them-children-therefore-with-all-the-kindness-which-we/) [Maria Montessori](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-montessori/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/maria-montessori-709_children_let-us-treat-them-children-therefore-wit_2505346.png) > [I try and treat my children from the age of ten months as if they were totally grown up, which I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mortimer/i-try-and-treat-my-children-from-the-age-of-ten-months-as-if-they/) [John Mortimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mortimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/john-mortimer-7362_age_i-try-and-treat-my-children-from-the-age_323616.jpg) > [I feel you need to treat children as equals instead of giving them a complex - you are young, you are small,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pankaj-kapur/i-feel-you-need-to-treat-children-as-equals-instead-of-giving-them-a/) [Pankaj Kapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pankaj-kapur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/pankaj-kapur-6400_children_i-feel-you-need-to-treat-children-as-equ_1653549.jpg) > [The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hubert-h-humphrey/the-way-we-treat-our-children-in-the-dawn-of-their-lives-and-the-way/) [Hubert H. Humphrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hubert-h-humphrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/hubert-h-humphrey-3388_children_the-way-we-treat-our-children-in-the-daw_2882206.jpg) > [It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cash-penney/it-was-always-my-practice-to-train-salespeople-under-my-direct/) [James Cash Penney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cash-penney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/james-cash-penney-9836_children_it-was-always-my-practice-to-train-sales_2517598.png) > [“Families are only a means of exploitation,' he declared. 'Parents treat children as capital assests and children wait for parents to die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/families-are-only-a-means-of-exploitation-he-declared-parents-treat/) [Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/pearl-s-buck-1024_children_families-are-only-a-means-of-exploitatio_591862.jpg) > [There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-lange/there-can-be-no-better-measure-of-our-governance-than-the-way-we/) [Jessica Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-lange/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/jessica-lange-7297_abuse_there-can-be-no-better-measure-of-our-go_1783187.jpg) > [In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children. The options of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-united-states-today-there-is-a-pervasive-tendency-to-treat/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/anonymous-1_adults_in-the-united-states-today-there-is-a-pe_2736120.jpg) > [It is hard to find someone who will give your children a feeling of security while it lasts and not wound them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/it-is-hard-to-find-someone-who-will-give-your-children-a-feeling-of/) [Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/anna-quindlen-467_child_it-is-hard-to-find-someone-who-will-give_402535.png) > [“A regime which combines perpetual surveillance with total indulgence is hardly conducive to healthy development. If from infancy you treat children as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-d-james-3/a-regime-which-combines-perpetual-surveillance-with-total-indulgence-2/) [P D James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-d-james-3/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/p-d-james-3-82164_children-of-men_a-regime-which-combines-perpetual-survei_2888777.jpg) > [My dad kept me away from people who treat children wrong. It's just amazing that there is such a way to raise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-lewis/my-dad-kept-me-away-from-people-who-treat-children-wrong-it-s-just/) [Juliette Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/juliette-lewis-2857_children_my-dad-kept-me-away-from-people-who-trea_1531317.png) > [When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-treat-children-s-play-as-seriously-as-it-deserves-we-are/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/fred-rogers-1272_child_when-we-treat-children-s-play-as-serious_475837.jpg) > [“We can treat our children fairly, for example, but if our hearts are warring toward them while we're doing it, they won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emery-reves/we-can-treat-our-children-fairly-for-example-but-if-our-hearts-are/) [Emery Reves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emery-reves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/emery-reves-97278_child_we-can-treat-our-children-fairly-for-exa_694720.jpg) > [Indians still consider the whites a brutal people who treat their children like enemies - playthings, too, coddling them like pampered pets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mari-sandoz/indians-still-consider-the-whites-a-brutal-people-who-treat-their/) [Mari Sandoz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mari-sandoz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/mari-sandoz-66216_angry_indians-still-consider-the-whites-a-brut_2829375.jpg) > [It's racist to teach children to treat other children differently because of their skin color.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjorie-taylor-greene/it-s-racist-to-teach-children-to-treat-other-children-differently/) [Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjorie-taylor-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/marjorie-taylor-greene-6467_children_it-s-racist-to-teach-children-to-treat-o_2633497.jpg) > [“By God’s grace, I can resist the temptation to treat my children as interruptions to my will for my life. Instead, God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-reinke/by-god-s-grace-i-can-resist-the-temptation-to-treat-my-children-as/) [Tony Reinke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-reinke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/tony-reinke-21188_children_by-god-s-grace-i-can-resist-the-temptati_811992.jpg) > [We are still barely conscious of how harmful it is to treat children in a degrading manner. Treating them with respect and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-miller/we-are-still-barely-conscious-of-how-harmful-it-is-to-treat-children/) [Alice Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/426/alice-miller-3713_child_we-are-still-barely-conscious-of-how-har_3109187.png) > [Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-disney/too-many-people-grow-up-that-s-the-real-trouble-with-the-world-too/) [Walt Disney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-disney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/walt-disney-722_age_too-many-people-grow-up-that-s-the-real_2781741.jpg) > [When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-treat-children-s-play-as-seriously-as-it-deserves-we-are-2/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/fred-rogers-1272_child_when-we-treat-children-s-play-as-serious_2197066.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/treat-children/#itemlist", "name": "Treat Children Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { 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