Children Quote by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman

Don't try to 'fix' the child's boredom - rather, let the child find his or her inner resources.

— Julia Cameron

The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they…

— Frank Zappa

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.

— Mason Cooley

That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.

— Ivan Turgenev

I suppose kids probably know less boredom these days - or at least a different kind of boredom.

— Charlie Brooker

“A considerable part of parenting is pretending moods that you do not entirely feel.”

— Gin Phillips

Having a child is all-consuming; so is doing a play.

— Marianne Elliott

“Learning who our children are and shaping who they will become is one of the most rewarding and ultimate pleasures of parenting.”

— Joan Ambu

The parent knows that the child cannot be artificially motivated to learn; they know that he is already motivated by the strongest driving force…

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

“...childhood boredom is a special kind of boredom. It is a boredom full of dreams, a sort of projection into another place, into another…

— Italo Calvino

“We must remain calm as parents and try not to lose control of ourselves, when we become parents. For how can we expect our…

— Iben Dissing Sandahl