Children Quote by Shannon L. Alder

“Child abuse isn’t evil because it may produce neurotic adults but because it abuses children.”

— Alison Gopnik

We should treat children as God does us, who makes us happiest when He leaves us under the influence of innocent delusions.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“When I behold other people, who are of course the children of some family or other, and think of my own children, and of…

— William Saroyan

“All children should be loved, protected, nurtured--emotionally and intellectually--respected, and never, under any circumstances, underestimated. Especially, most essentially, by themselves.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“I saw a bunch of kids who needed love and acceptance and to be allowed to live as normal children, instead of having to…

— Dwight E. Abbott

“I believe you have the heart of a lioness. You will protect your children with all you have. But sometimes the right thing to…

— Susan Mallery

If you tell children they are bad, that's what they believe they are and that's probably what they will become.

— Louise Hart

“Maybe I went a bit too far, but that’s what people want now. There’s an expectation that children be treated poorly in their literature.…

— Tony Burgess

“...we should deal with children as God does with us, who makes us happiest when He lets us stagger in benevolent delusion.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Children inherit their parents' madness.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“There are few children more treasured than ill-behaved ones who belong to someone else.”

— Laurie Frankel

“For parents who do not want children questioning their values are not parents who love their children, but rather, who love themselves through their…

— Neale Donald Walsch