Child Quote by Charles Todd

“It is marvelous to see the raw play of emotions on the face of a child. No trying to conceal any feeling or disguise…

— Jessica Brockmole

“For children to know and regulate their emotions, and be socially connected, they need to experience this kind of interaction many hundreds of times…

— Norman Doidge

“For one's children so often gave one's own perceptions a little thrust forwards.”

— Virginia Woolf

“How we perceive, feel about and respond to people and situations is far more guided by the lessons of early childhood than we would…

— Charlette Mikulka

“The verbal patterns and the patterns of behavior we present to children in these lighthearted confections are likely to influence them for the rest…

— Esphyr Slobodkina

“When a child receives the message, even subtly or indirectly, that his emotions don't matter, he will grow up feeling, somewhere deep inside, that…

— Jonice Webb

“when our words are infused with our real feelings of empathy that they speak directly to a child’s heart.”

— Adele Faber

“A thing that had always struck her about the child was that he seemed so collected. She had never seen him cry. And now…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.

— Daniel Goleman

“Children need time to become themselves--through play and social interaction. If you overwhelm a child with stuff--with choices and pseudochoices--before they are ready, they…

— Kim John Payne

“Children are ingenuous. They are also blessed with uncanny ability to read a person's character instantly. Even though they are inexperienced and unsophisticated, they…

— Wess Stafford

“There aren’t always good reasons for a child’s emotions, or easy solutions for them, but by at least acknowledging them and trying not to…

— Iben Dissing Sandahl