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A child should always say what's true, And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table: At least as far as…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Here’s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. That’s what he hears. No…

— Byron Katie

When you find a way to be really receptive to your child's needs and really listen, you can be more open to what they…

— Anna Getty

If you listen carefully to what a child is saying to you, you'll see that he has a point to make. So I listen.…

— Bill Cosby

Teach your children to listen carefully and to speak thoughtfully. The best way to teach this is to listen carefully and speak thoughtfully to…

— Grace Llewellyn

Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are sosure their progeny are…

— David Elkind

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

— Robert Breault

First you have to teach a child to talk, then you have to teach it to be quiet.

— Jurgen Prochnow

“You’ve grown tired of your four-year-old pointing to words and asking, “What does this say?” Apparently it’s not okay to respond to them with,…

— Jim Gaffigan

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.

— Richard L. Evans

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

— Zoe Saldana

If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.

— Ann Landers