Children Quote by Sydney J. Harris

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

— Augusten Burroughs

“Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated…

— Korczak Janusz

“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

“Those who do indeed decide to have a child might do so for any number of reasons, but among these reasons cannot be the…

— David Benatar

“A person can have a happy and fulfilling life without children.”

— Judy Blume

“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

“Children are no longer being parented, but are raised. Thats why they don't have morals, ethics,humanity and manners, because their parents neglected them. We…

— D.J. Kyos

“As it happens, there are many reasons why I don’t have children: I am very good at birth control; though I love children and…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Children give you a sense of belonging…to someone, something, an essence greater than and outside of yourself even. They revoke your Wild Card, grounding…

— Vivi Monroe Congress

“Children live in the same world we do.To kid ourselves that we can shelter them from it isn't just naive, it's a vanity.We want…

— Lionel Shriver

“What we truly want is the satisfaction of seeing our children become mature, self-reliant human beings, at any age, thinking for themselves, free and…

— Dale McGowan

“To raise a child is to submit to a staggering amount of work, much of which is deeply unpleasant. It would be crazy to…

— Jonathan V. Last