Adulthood Quote by Gever Tulley

When we protect children from every possible source of danger, we also prevent them from having the kinds of experiences that develop their sense…

— Gever Tulley

“Childhood is perhaps the only phase of life when innocence can flourish. But to allow this, parents and others responsible for children's minds needs…

— Diane Medved

“A return to Childhood will rid the Evils of Adulthood”

— Jason Duncan

Childhood knows what it wants - to leave childhood behind.

— Jean Cocteau

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and…

— Benjamin Franklin

Giving children the opportunity to stir up life and leave it free to discover.

— Maria Montessori

“Pretty straightforwardly, the more categories of adversities a child suffers, the dimmer his or her chances of a happy, functional adulthood.45”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

It's important for survival that children have their own experiences, the kind they learn from. The kind their parents arrange for are not as…

— Garrison Keillor

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

If kids've been overprotected from failure in childhood, they get out into the world and they really get thrown off.

— Paul Tough

“So, as an adult, try to notice the carefree nature that comes naturally to a child, who lives for and in the present. Try…

— Thomas M. Sterner

As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things won't work. When you are…

— Heston Blumenthal