Bother Quote by Gaspar Noe

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.

— Jane Smiley

The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood.

— Kate Thompson

So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small, and that…

— Lorraine Toussaint

Parents' ability to survive a child's unabating needs, wants, and demands...varies enormously. Some people can give and give…Whether children are good or bad, brilliant…

— Stella Chess

“It may be that some disadvantaged kids who get into trouble suffer not solely from poverty or neglect, say those who hold this view,…

— Susan Cain

You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day…

— Harvey Fierstein

“Another large share of it comes from overbearing or critical parents who don’t let their kids screw up on their own often enough,”

— Mark Manson

Some people are powerless without you're response.

— Asli

Also, perhaps children are sterner than grown-up people in their refusal to suffer, in their refusal, even, to feel at all.

— Elizabeth Bowen

When you're talking about peasants and children - obviously I've got some experience dealing with children - when you deal with children they act…

— Greg Hardy

When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“There’s a general sense now that children’s rights, children’s needs, children’s wants and desires have taken on too prominent a place in our family…

— Judith Warner