--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: When you are little, your parents seem…" description: "\"“When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think that is what Jesus meant when he talked of ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg" --- # When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful… ![“When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think that is what Jesus meant when he talked of the faith of children….total unquestioning faith and trust in God as we trust and believe in our parents as children.” quote by Pandra Selivanov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg) > ““When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think that is what Jesus meant when he talked of the faith of children….total unquestioning faith and trust in God as we trust and believe in our parents as children.”” [Pandra Selivanov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pandra-selivanov/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Children’s faith mirrors the absolute trust they place in parents, reflecting a spiritual innocence. **In simple terms:** Children trust like they have faith. Key Takeaway Encourage nurturing trust in relationships. Themes faith children trust spirituality parenting Mood gentle reflective inspirational Type Children:1 Faith:1 Parenting:1 Religion:0 Trust and believe:0 Trust in god:0 Faith And Trust:0 Faith Think:0 Jesus Meant:0 Believe Parents:0 Faith Children:0 When to use this quote - parent‑child bonding - religious education - counseling - community outreach Key Concepts theology developmental psychology family studies Questions to Reflect On - How can we guide children to healthy trust? - What role does faith play in personal development? A Different Perspective May conflate religious faith with blind obedience. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Believe Parents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe-parents-533367/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Faith And Trust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-and-trust/) [Faith Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-children-2271031/) [Faith Think](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith-think-339665/) [Jesus Meant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jesus-meant-479722/) [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) [Religion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/) [Trust and believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trust-and-believe/) [Trust in god](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trust-in-god/) ## Related quotes > [With 'The X Factor' I think the audiences have lost faith and trust in it so that's its problem. You want to be watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-revel-horwood/with-the-x-factor-i-think-the-audiences-have-lost-faith-and-trust-in/) [Craig Revel Horwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-revel-horwood/) > [“Don’t let the enemy try to keep you bound with fear. The devil is a liar. Stay in faith and trust the process. Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germany-kent/don-t-let-the-enemy-try-to-keep-you-bound-with-fear-the-devil-is-a/) [Germany Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germany-kent/) > [We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josemaria-escriva/we-all-must-have-the-faith-of-children-but-the-doctrine-of-theologians/) [Josemaria Escriva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josemaria-escriva/) > [God delights to increase the faith of His children. We ought, instead of wanting no trials before victory, no exercise for patience, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-muller/god-delights-to-increase-the-faith-of-his-children-we-ought-instead/) [George Muller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-muller/) > [“That's what Jesus meant," whispers the ghost of Slothrop's first American ancestor William, "venturing out on the Sea of Galilee. He saw it from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pynchon/that-s-what-jesus-meant-whispers-the-ghost-of-slothrop-s-first/) [Thomas Pynchon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pynchon/) > [If you want to know what Jesus meant by what Jesus said, pay attention to that Jesus did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-stanley/if-you-want-to-know-what-jesus-meant-by-what-jesus-said-pay-attention/) [Andy Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-stanley/) > [I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/i-wondered-if-there-were-other-restless-people-asking-the-question/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) > [Jesus didn't mean this as a sweeping command for everyone who has a lot of money. Jesus meant this for any of us who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysa-terkeurst/jesus-didn-t-mean-this-as-a-sweeping-command-for-everyone-who-has-a/) [Lysa TerKeurst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysa-terkeurst/) > [What Jesus meant was that whoever is attached to the worldly life and this earthly body will lose them in death. But whoever lets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rama-swami/what-jesus-meant-was-that-whoever-is-attached-to-the-worldly-life-and/) [Rama Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rama-swami/) > [We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what Jesus meant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scot-mcknight/we-need-to-shed-our-unearthly-and-nonsocial-and-idealistic-and/) [Scot McKnight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scot-mcknight/) > ["In each of our lives Jesus comes as the Bread of Life - to be eaten, to be consumed by us. This is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/in-each-of-our-lives-jesus-comes-as-the-bread-of-life-to-be-eaten-to/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) > [One has a feeling that one has a kind of home in this timeless community of human beings that strive for truth. ... I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/one-has-a-feeling-that-one-has-a-kind-of-home-in-this-timeless/) [Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/) > [He who loves his enemies betrays his friends; this surely is not what Jesus meant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/he-who-loves-his-enemies-betrays-his-friends-this-surely-is-not-what/) [William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/) > [“When Jesus said ast and you’ll get it, He meant things of the spirit, not the flesh. Grandpa said Jesus meant us to ast…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olive-ann-burns/when-jesus-said-ast-and-you-ll-get-it-he-meant-things-of-the-spirit/) [Olive Ann Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olive-ann-burns/) > [Only Jesus would be crazy enough to suggest that if you want to become the greatest, you should become the least. Only Jesus would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/only-jesus-would-be-crazy-enough-to-suggest-that-if-you-want-to/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) ## More Children quotes > [I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-lusseyran/i-am-certain-that-children-always-know-more-than-they-are-able-to/) [Jacques Lusseyran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-lusseyran/) > [Behind every successful child is an adult who believed in him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/behind-every-successful-child-is-an-adult-who-believed-in-him/) [Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/) > [I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-defranco/i-believe-in-freedom-to-do-what-you-want-if-you-aren-t-hurting-others/) [Philip DeFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-defranco/) > [If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dimple-kapadia/if-the-audience-likes-your-work-if-they-like-you-they-don-t-think/) [Dimple Kapadia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dimple-kapadia/) > [It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hecht/it-doesnt-seem-to-me-strange-that-children-should-like-the-macabre/) [Anthony Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hecht/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janice-kaplan/gratitude-isn-t-just-a-feeling-it-s-an-action-expressing-gratitude-by/) [Janice Kaplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janice-kaplan/) > [My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-chibnall/my-embarrassing-confession-is-that-my-father-is-a-camelot-the-musical/) [Chris Chibnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-chibnall/) > [I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/floyd-cooper/i-have-many-who-keep-me-going-i-am-very-fortunate-in-this-sense-there/) [Floyd Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/floyd-cooper/) > [My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amala-akkineni/my-school-was-one-of-the-most-beautiful-places-a-child-can-grow-up-in/) [Amala Akkineni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amala-akkineni/) > [A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/a-lesser-complaint-hair-extensions-there-are-moments-on-all-my/) [Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/) > [As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-cho/as-a-child-i-had-a-lot-of-older-gay-men-taking-care-of-me-there-s-a/) [Margaret Cho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-cho/) > [If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/if-my-child-had-prejudice-in-his-head-i-d-be-ashamed-i-would-see-it/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-espach/children-s-lives-are-always-beginning-and-adults-lives-are-always/) [Alison Espach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-espach/) > [As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marion-jones/as-a-child-i-was-very-involved-with-sports-and-i-knew-at-age-9-that-i/) [Marion Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marion-jones/) [Browse all 62,396 Children quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think that is what Jesus meant when he talked of the faith of children….total unquestioning faith and trust in God as we trust and believe in our parents as children.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pandra Selivanov" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pandra-selivanov/when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-all-powerful-all-knowing-you/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Children" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pandra-selivanov/when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-all-powerful-all-knowing-you/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/pandra-selivanov-268037_children_when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-al_1846473.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you are little, your parents seem all-powerful, all-knowing….you have complete faith in them. I think…” — Pandra Selivanov", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Pandra Selivanov", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pandra-selivanov/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“When you are little, your parents...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pandra-selivanov/when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-all-powerful-all-knowing-you/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pandra-selivanov/when-you-are-little-your-parents-seem-all-powerful-all-knowing-you/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```