Child Quote by Nancy Atherton Download Open image “Helplessness in the face of a child's suffering is the curse of parenthood.” — Nancy Atherton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Child Child Suffering Children Curse Curse Parenthood Faces Helplessness Helplessness Face Parenthood Suffering Suffering Curse
The powerlessness of the child is often forgotten. And after it comes the terrifying phase of moving into adulthood. — Kate Thompson Copy Share Image
The time a father feels most helpless is when he is unable tofulfil his own child's needs. — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The idea that a child doesn't have the opportunity to be a child is devastating. — Blake Lively Copy Share Image
Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequence:… — Haim Ginott Copy Share Image
“The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children ourweigh our fears” — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
“Parenthood is the magnanimity of the soul, not the mere outcome of a biological process. (Dr Abin. From TATTERED LOTUS)” — Dr. Abin Copy Share Image
Where can one find a profounder desolation than in the poor child who has lost its mother? — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
Parenthood is a school for humility. We can't choose the precise traits of our children, and that is morally important. It teaches us what… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
Along with the joy of parenthood, with every child comes a piercing vulnerability. It is at once sublime and terrifying — David Sheff Copy Share Image
“The loss of an only child is the worst pain anyone can endure. After all, what do our parents live for? With thee best… — Durjoy Datta Copy Share Image
“Forced motherhood results in bringing miserable children into the world, children whose parents cannot feed them, who become victims of public assistance or "martyr… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.” — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“A woman without a past is like a fruitcake without brandy—insipid!” — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“Jack made a pass at me, too. He thought my riding crop was alluring until I smacked him across the face with it." "Good… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“They were tales of commonplace courage and optimism, for I knew from my own experience that everyday virtues endure best, and that quiet courage… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“The Handsome Prince Handbook is mute on the subject of chronic workaholism—Prince Charming, apparently, knew how to delegate—and I didn't know where else to… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“… Finch, a small and somnolent village set among the rolling hills and the patchwork fields of the Cotswolds, a pastoral haven described in… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“When we reached the top of the humpbacked bridge that crossed the Little Deeping River, I paused, as I always did, to savor the… — Nancy Atherton Copy Share Image
“When I learned of Aunt Dimity's death, I was stunned. Not because she was dead, but because I had never known she'd been alive.” — nancy atherton Copy Share Image
The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“Children's lives are always beginning and adults' lives are always ending. Or is it the opposite? Your childhood is always ending and your adult… — Alison Espach Copy Share Image
“As parents who make every effort we can to raise our children in loving security, we do not need to feel more guilt than… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I want to make my music and be a happy woman, a good wife, a good mom and one day hopefully have a child… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I'm a weirdo and an only child. That comes together to create one-woman shows. — Amanda Seales Copy Share Image
To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise. — Johnnetta B. Cole Copy Share Image
