Children Quotes

18494 Children quotes by 7563 unique authors

Both at-home and working mothers can overmeet their mothering responsibilities. In order to justify their jobs, working mothers can overnurture, overconnect with, and overschedule their… — Jean Marzollo
If learning to read was as easyas learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read on their own. The… — David Elkind
Those feelings of envy are familiar to many of us. We see our children accomplishing things that we've always been afraid to try, or we… — Unknown Author
To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in whichmen, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought, with… — William Cobbett
As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the ability to feel… — James P Comer
As a mother I am often confused about how to help my children make wise decisions for themselves. One day I extol the virtues of… — Unknown Author
WHATEVER YOU DO HATERS DON'T KILL MY CHILDREN FOR ME! JUST LOVE THEM FOR WHO THEY ARE I BEG! — CHILL SAUCE KTN
When the voices of children are heard on the green And laughing is heard on the hill, My heart is at rest within my breast… — William Blake
Fortunately, children do not need perfect parents. They do need mothers and fathers who will think on their feet and who will be thoughtful about… — Unknown Author
Most women without childrenspend much more time than men on housework; with children, they devote more time to both housework and child care. Just as… — Unknown Author
When I consider how little of a rarity children arethat every street and blind alley swarms with themthat the poorest people commonly have them in… — Charles Lamb
More broadly across time andcultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The… — David Blankenhorn
Children need people in orderto become human.... It is primarily through observing, playing, and working with others older and younger than himself that a child… — Urie Bronfenbrenner
Birds in their little nests agree And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and childe, and fight. — Isaac Watts
Men especially need to communicate. To tell people years after the fact that they were the priority is the coward's way. If men can muster… — Fred G. Gosman
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a manso concentrates his attentionon a landscape, a poem, a geometrical… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I married a miner myself. I had ten children. I've got seven now; thirty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. And I'm happy to say not a… — Unknown Author
Those poor farmers who came up, that day, to defend their native soil, acted from the simplest of instincts. Theydid not know it was a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gays are not liberated yet. Their struggle is just beginning in an American culture that is still essentially fearful about homosexuality. But some mothers of… — Liz Smith
Some fear that if parents startlistening to their own wants and needs they will neglect their children. It is our belief that children are in… — Unknown Author

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