Children Quote by John Wyndham

Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.

— Salman Rushdie

Kids love to be scared - there's way to do it right, and ways to do it wrong.

— Henry Selick

What children, in fact all of us at any age, find frightening is unreliability and emotional coldness. The idea that you can't affect someone,…

— Tilda Swinton

If people had no fear, you'd hardly need to have to teach them. It's the fear that screws everything up.

— Keith Johnstone

Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children

— Anonymous

Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is…

— Mark Gatiss

Many parents worry that theywill reinforce a fear by being overly sympathetic. It helps toknow that when children are permitted to avoid an animal…

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

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

— Florence Scovel Shinn

We just can't scare our kids by living in fear.

— John Ross Bowie

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

— Maurice Sendak

The first step to get this noble and manly steadiness, is... carefully keep children from frights of all kinds, when they are young. ...Instances…

— John Locke

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