Children Quote by James Watkins

Children are sensitive and receptive to the thoughts of others about them, and often outpicture the fears of their parents.

— Florence Scovel Shinn

Grown-ups are afraid for children. It's not children who are afraid.

— Maurice Sendak

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I…

— Harlan Coben

“underscores the fact that parents’ fears are well founded. The numbers don’t lie, and there are too many of them to ignore or dismiss…

— Richard Bromfield

Parents can't indulge our fears. We're supposed to make our kids feel safe, even if we don't feel safe ourselves.

— Dana Milbank

It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want…

— Gina Philips

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

— Francis Bacon

It's a universal truth that no parent wishes to acknowledge that the fear and phobias we are in thrall to in adulthood almost invariably…

— Mariella Frostrup

Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the…

— Kim Basinger

I think the world offers so many wonderful varieties of obstacles, but that shouldn't be one for kids - is the worry that 'my…

— Drew Barrymore

Parents are almost fearful of disciplining their children. They are scared they are going to lose the connection with them when they are teenagers…

— Jo Frost

The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

— Anonymous