14 Quotes by Kilroy J. Oldster about childhood
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
The defining background experiences of our childhood affect our vital adulthood decisions and method of apprehending the world.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
Every child matures, which is both a blessing and a damn shame. Children can imagine worlds that never exist, worlds far more interesting and consoling than an adult knows.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
A person begins childhood with a mind that is essentially a blank slate – a tabula rasa – before receiving outside impressions. Early childhood experiences and perceptions begin the formulation of a state of conscious awareness, the infantile steps in forming a personality, developing social and emotional behavior, and acquiring practical and book knowledge. Childhood plays a critical role in forming our final version of a self-concept.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
The most difficult journey any of us ever take in our adulthood is the return to our parents’ house. A home visit makes us recall all of the childhood events that formed us. Returning home reacquaints us with family members and our former self.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
One fact that I discovered as a parent is that we must treasure our child every day of their life. A child does not remain the same; they are a different person at various stages in their lives.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
The phrase ‘Boys will be boys,’ reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
A child’s earliest memories derive from pain, pleasure, or bewilderment.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
From childbirth to our deathbeds, we seek to impose our will upon the external environment. At each milepost in life, we seek to expand our state of conscious awareness.
- Tags
- Share
- Author Kilroy J. Oldster
-
Quote
Childhood is a noisy and dangerous affair.
- Tags
- Share