Adoption Quote by Alfie Kohn

Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. They are entitled to be taken seriously. They have a right to be treated…

— Janusz Korczak

children are simply human beings who are allowed to do what everyone else really desires to do, as for instance, to fly kites, or…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they…

— William Bennett

Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be…

— Conrad Hyers

Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from…

— Chris Cornell

Kids deserve to be taken seriously. It's just as important to talk to them about women's equality, about fairness. We really have to focus…

— Meena Harris

Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like…

— Gerry Spence

It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people.

— Jill Paton Walsh

Children are more than we think they are; they can do more than we think they can do. All they need is a vote…

— Wess Stafford

Children need to see that they are assumed to be well-intentioned, naturally social people who are trying to do the right thing and who…

— Jean Liedloff

Children are not only innocent and curious but also optimistic and joyful and essentially happy. They are, in short, everything adults wish they could…

— Carolyn Haywood

“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated…

— Korczak Janusz