15,393 Quotes About Children

Listen instead of lecture. Communicate instead of command. Relate instead of retaliate. Be flexible instead of being fixated on getting your own way. Seek to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem. In short, behave the way you want your children to learn to behave.

BIG connections are created by caring about the little things that matter to little people

Each of Nora's children had arrived on this earth as him or herself, the more she knew them, the more she felt it to be true. They were so different from one another, and from her.

Is there a greater gift you can give to your children and your children’s children than to grow up to be happier, more secure and resilient adults?

We sometimes think we are helping kids by pushing them to perform or learn faster, but leading them in the right moment of their development will yield much better results—not only because of the learning itself, which will surely be more pleasurable, but because the children will be more assured of the mastery of their skills, since they feel more in charge of acquiring them.

There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences.

There aren’t always good reasons for a child’s emotions, or easy solutions for them, but by at least acknowledging them and trying not to judge them, we are teaching respect.

Parenting the hurt child means always knowing that you are parenting your emotional better, a human being who survived against all odds.

Begetting a child is at least as serious an act as murder...