15,393 Quotes About Children

Children learn to speak Male or Female the way they learn to speak English or French.

A family is fragile. It is destroyed by this kind of violence. The things a child needs - really needs - must be actively, attentively sought. Listening. Patience. Deep time.

Father didn't want to seem weak in front of us and that itself was a weakness.

Days in a house with children grind by like glaciers, but the years rush by like wind.

More people would be depressed, if parents tried to please their children as frequently and as badly as children try to please their parents.

But almost no one speaks of building up girls - these delicate soufflé-nibbling creatures who ought to be able to survive on air and compliments. Instead, a great focus is placed on building up their brothers, stoking them with dangerous delusions about how much food they need. In the current food environment, the overfeeding of boys is no more helpful than the underfeeding of girls.

You only appreciate how difficult it is to raise a child once you have done it.

We all say we want our kids to happy, only happy, and healthy, but we don't want that. We want them to be like we are, or better than we are. We as humans are very unimaginative in that sense. We aren't equipped for the possibility that they might be worse.

If you’re not willing to give your life away, never bring a child into your life.