Children Quotes

Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

Facing a mirror you see merely your own countenance; facing your child you finally understand how everyone else has seen you.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

Having a baby's sweet face so close to your own, for so long a time as it takes to nurse 'em, is a great tonic for a sad soul.

I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.

We do our children no favour by keeping them near, coddling them, or showing them off to adult visitors. Not that a nursemaid does not sometimes spoil them. But the greatest favour we can do our children is to give visible example of love and esteem to our spouse. As they grow up, they may then look forward to maturity so they too can find such love.

That's the funny thing about havin' a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.

Kids are like buckets of disease that live in your house.

That's the great thing about being in the third grade. If you've got one polysyllabic adjective, everyone thinks you're a genius.

Your child can’t hurt you if you don’t accept the hurt. Let it go.

Allowing children to fight their own battles is one of the hardest parenting skills to learn.

When children feel they have to earn our love by what they accomplish, they never feel good about themselves, no matter how much they do, no matter what their age. Indeed, some adults work outrageous hours, make huge salaries, and always strive to accomplish more and yet are never satisfied, no matter what they have achieved. This is because they were never given the free, unconditional love of their parents, the love that is every child’s birthright.

Children should feel loved because they exist, not because they’ve behaved in a certain way.

Trust that your child is trying to be the best he can be and that he will do this more readily without your criticism. Know that he usually sees his own faults without you continually pointing them out.

Children will adapt to nearly any rule or routine as long as it is consistently enforced within that particular household.

The best way to learn to be an honest, responsible adult is to live with adults who act honestly and responsibly.

One of the common causes of serious difficulty takes the form of parental self-discovery. The newly adopted child brings out submerged feelings or behavior in his parents that make them dislike themselves. This can be such a severe blow to their self- esteem that they must eradicate the cause of their distress. Sometimes the only way that parents are able to do that is by returning the child.

The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.