Adults Quote by Philippa Pearce

Childhood is not merely basic training for utilitarian adulthood. It should have some claims upon our mercy, not for its future value to the…

— Jonathan Kozol

Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.

— Maurice Sendak

Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.

— Bill Watterson

All things considered, there's nobody better for children than parents.

— Jordan Peterson

“what use is a childhood?”

— Donald Revell

In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you…

— Lydia Sigourney

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

— George Will

“Childhood is a time for pretending and trying on maturity to see if it fits or hangs baggy, tastes good or bitter, smells nice…

— Erma Bombeck

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Money can be detrimental for kids.

— Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Children should have a childhood and that shouldn't be taken away.

— Ayesha Takia

I believe that kids as well as adults are entitled to books of no socially redeeming value.

— R. L. Stine