Child Quote by Oscar Wilde

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do 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

“Many “older” children go through life either secretly or openly hating their parents. They blame them for past abuses, neglect, or favoritism and they…

— Stephen R. Covey

When children are loved, they live off trust; their bides and hearts open up to those who respect and love them, who understand and…

— Jean Vanier

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

— Lady Caroline Lamb

“Children are very nice observers, and they will often perceive our slightest defects. It general those who govern children forgive nothing in them, but…

— François Fénelon

With grown children, we can look back at both our mistakes and what we did well in our parenting, having conversations with a greater…

— Wendy Lustbader

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

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

When we reverence anything in the mature, it is their virtues or their wisdom, and this is an easy matter. But we reverence the…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon…

— Ernest Kurtz

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

Children become like the things they love.

— Maria Montessori