Challenges Quote by Darell Hammond

Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

— Siri Hustvedt

Children are programmed to seek out risk and challenge, they need it to learn and grow and gain confidence.

— Michaela Strachan

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

— Alfie Kohn

Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A…

— John Bradshaw

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

— Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

As a parent, you worry about kids' safety and the world they're living in.

— Baron Davis

...the more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any…

— Roald Dahl

Only by being permitted to experience the consequences of his actions will the child acquire a sense of responsibility; and within the limits marked…

— Robert M. Lindner

Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously.

— Alfie Kohn

When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, "What we're going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous." And you…

— Bear Grylls

Innately, children seem to have little true realistic anxiety. They will run along the brink of water, climb on the window sill, play with…

— Sigmund Freud

Over the years, I have noticed that the child who learns quickly is adventurous. She's ready to run risks. She approaches life with arms…

— John Holt