15,393 Quotes About Children

But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be different from what you hoped, because sometimes life just does its thing. What matters is that you try. And always trust your instincts above all else, because you will be guided by your love for your child.

One of the grave problems of controlling parents is that the children grow up believing they are dependent on that control.


The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

Where did they come from, her children? And how did they arrive already themselves, and unlike anyone else?

Like a loving parent who watches their child learning to walk, the Divine is the ultimate parent letting us experiment, fall down, hurt ourselves, cry, get back up, and try again. God allows us to learn even when it may hurt, yet we are never abandoned.

One of the first things a father must learn once his child is old enough to speak is exactly how to lie to it, both with bromides and more vulpine techniques.

Christmas was always the worst… What’s the point of Christmas without any kids to share it with?

You know, Marco, they can leave us, they can grow old, but it's like they're still here, running around our feet, just like when they were little tykes.

I think it's hard to learn democracy when we make children prisoners until they're nineteen years old.