Children Quote by Oscar Wilde

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them.

— Oscar Wilde

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they…

— Oscar Wilde

one forgives parents as naturally as one emancipates oneself from them - usually shortly afterward.

— Francine du Plessix Gray

I believe that children are, by nature, very forgiving. I don't think children expect their parents to be perfect. I think they demand that…

— Beth Moore

Parents are never forgiven for not giving just the right response at the appropriate moment. Or, rather, there are particular times in the adolescent's…

— Terri E Apter

“Forgiveness is what makes adults different to children: children just forget, adults forgive.”

— Tim Relf

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in…

— Francois Fenelon

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

— Samuel Butler

“A good parent will teach their kids to be kind and forgive others. If we had a little more of that in the world,…

— Johan Twiss

“Can forgivenes for the crimes done to a child be not just ineffective but actively harmful? It certainly can because the body does not…

— Alice Miller

the sins of children rise up in judgment against their parents.

— Lady Caroline Lamb