Children Quote by Lisa Gardner

“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.”

— Gordon Neufeld

Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

— Nora Ephron

“Everybody has it wrong way round. Parents don’t make children—children make parents. They shape our behavior from the first wail. Mold us into what…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

“parenting always involves this balance between what you know, what you guess, what you fear, and what you imagine.”

— Laurie Frankel

“Children rarely follow parental advice unless it is acted out repeatedly. It’s called being an example.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Parents must model the kind of behavior they want to teach.”

— Jerry L. Wyckoff

“If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?”

— Dmitry Dyatlov

“That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let…

— Peter Monn

“Children understand...things far better. Adults always make things so complicated.”

— Cecelia Ahern

“Do Not Dictate a Child through Someone, it Ruins the Child's Experience.”

— Vineet Raj Kapoor

“When adults misbehave, I reasoned, they forfeit the right to tell children what to do.”

— Shulem Deen

“When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they don’t really know what they mean.”

— William Faulkner