Beauty Quote by Esphyr Slobodkina

“Children were quick to grasp the subtleties of emotions around them, to see through evasions and quickly identify prevarication.”

— Charles Todd

“Children enter the world with a great deal of love and trust. They are not yet able to perceive good and bad, but they…

— Rahima Baldwin Dancy

“the behaviors and skills we want and expect our kids to demonstrate, like sound decision making, control of their emotions and bodies, empathy, self-understanding,…

— Daniel J. Siegel

“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 develop character by what they see, by what they hear, and by what they are repeatedly led to do.

— James Stenson

“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

“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.”

— Gordon Neufeld

Kids' shows appeal to a fun-loving mentality that I hope all humans, no matter how old they are, have some ability to relate to.

— Andrew W.K

“What my children appear to be on the surface is no matter to me. I am fooled neither by gracious manners nor by bad…

— William Saroyan

The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a simple and…

— Thomas Merton

“Young children are developing more of an artistic orientation, and the orientation they develop is so naturally graceful and lively that many great artists…

— William Crain

“Children are sponges, soaking up every verbal and nonverbal interaction.”

— Asa Don Brown