1,512 Quotes About Child

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself.

The toughest part was having to take our daughter to court and show and tell the judge that she was an unfit parent, ... She was our only child but she had spiraled out of control. She'd be in their lives for a week and out for six months. We had to have control over what was happening to our grandbabies, so we took her to court.

I think we have a really unique and wonderful opportunity to work with the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. I hope our work together comes to fruition.

It's really frustrating for a parent ... it's really a struggle when you've got a child that's addicted.

If a child would have had something like this done, it could have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. We only have to pay the vet bills.

Each child receives their money and may keep it if they like. When they have to leave the home - by law, they can only stay in orphanages until they're 17 years old - they'll have money and know how to do something.

If you pay a child a dollar to read a book, as some schools have tried, you not only create an expectation that reading makes you money, you also run the risk of depriving the child for ever of the value of it. Markets are not innocent.

Every child has a different learning curve, ... Tutoring makes a difference in lower performing children.

The longest we've had a child stay so far is nine months. The shortest was one night. ... Sometimes it's just a misunderstanding, and the child can get back home, ... It's very hard. But it's the most rewarding thing I've ever done. They tell you in training to love the kids like they're your own. But you know you have to love them enough to let them go.