We have no children Harriet. Or, rather, I have no children. You have one child.

I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen and got married.

Parents should leave books lying around marked ‘forbidden’ if they want their children to read.

Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: "You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do."

There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.

Every child has the capacity to be everything.

It is my belief that children are full of understanding and know as much as and more than adults, until they are about seven, when they suddenly become stupid, like adults.

Argument does not teach children or the immature. Only time and experience does that.

Is there any delight as great as the child's discovering ability?