Children Quote by Gary Ezzo

“Children can be too hard on their parents, until they learn themselves how hard life can be.”

— David Clement-Davies

“You raised your kids to be independent, strong, and think for themselves. So once they're grown, why is it so hard to let them…

— Jane Adams

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

— Anne Lamott

“Parents want the best for their children … for themselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A child is one of the most common results of the lack or loss of self-control.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their…

— Harold S. Kushner

“Because the reality is that children are coerced into situations where their bodies are treated as the property of their parents.”

— Kitty Stryker

“It’s hard for a parent to accept that you can’t protect your child from everything.’ ‘It’s hard for a child to accept it too,”

— Fredrik Backman

“effective parents expect their children to rise to life’s challenges (as you know, there are plenty!) and to respect the rules and limits that…

— Thomas W. Phelan

“On occasion, it occurs to adults that they are allowed to do all the things that being a child prevented them from doing.”

— Sloane Crosley

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

— Anna Quindlen

“Sometimes it is very difficult to keep in mind the fact that the parents, too, have reasons for what they do-- have reasons, locked…

— Virginia M. Axline