Ability Quote by Archibald Alexander

The parent must not give in to his desire to try to create the child he would like to have, but rather help the…

— Bruno Bettelheim

It is necessary, then, to give the child the possibility of developing according to the laws of his nature, so that he can become…

— Maria Montessori

The law of nature instructs most animals to cherish and educate their infant progeny. The law of reason inculcates to the human species the…

— Edward Gibbon

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to…

— Bob Barr

The same ones who brought the children physically in the world have the natural obligation binding in the natural law to provide for the…

— John Hardon

Bringing a child into the world makes sense only if this child is wanted consciously and freely by its two parents. If it is…

— Italo Calvino

I suppose a child's first obligation is to become a stranger to his parents.

— Judith Kelman

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

— Isadora Duncan

There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in…

— Maria Montessori

“The adoptee benefits because his collective parents are permitted to grow secure in their particular roles in his life. His adoptive parents are not…

— Kathleen Silber

“That is the flip side, you see, to laissez-faire parenting. It succeeds or not, throughout the animal kingdom as it does with humans, in…

— Cynthia Rogers Parks

“The power to parent will be transferred to whomever the child depends on, whether or not that person is truly dependable, appropriate, responsible, or…

— Gabor Maté