Quotes About Children

The Swedes have done this already, despite a long-standing tradition, rooted in familiar biblical texts, of physical violence against children.

In 1979, the Swedish parliament passed a law declaring "A child may not be subjected to physical punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment.

A child may not be subjected to physical punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment. PARENTHOOD AND GUARDIANSHIP CODE, SWEDEN 1979

Speaking on the failure to test chemicals for safety and toxicity, the late Herbert L. Needleman, a noted pediatrician and pioneer in the study of childhood lead poisoning, observed, "We are conducting a massive toxicological experiment in the world today, and our children and grandchildren are the unknowing, unconsenting subjects.

Our children will not know it's a different country. All we can hope to leave them now is money.

Children's books can break [the] silence. Reading the un-bowdlerized classics of children's literature can help young people understand that racism is not anomalous. It is embedded in the culture, and defended by cultural gatekeepers.

Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.

Jag har aldrig varit förtjust i småbarn. Ruggiga små bestar som läcker i båda ändarna, och inte har de någon respekt för lergods heller.

Teachers know that love is a vital part of education. Good teaching is infused with it. The most successful classrooms are brimming with it. Love is the reason people go into teaching -- love for a subject and love for children.

As a rule, children shouldn't whine in class, of course -- unless it's at the end of story time. Then it's okay.

Every child knows ho to do a drumroll. It's instinctive, just like when children pick staples out of the rug and bring them to the teacher.

Moving students around on a seating chart is like playing a game of Sudoku. No mater how you set up the chart, you still end up with children who should be separated.

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.

We weave our excuses around events. Thin, poor quality cloth of justification Poor substitutes for the heavy tribal blankets Once we wove to wrap our children.

When I lovingly prepare breakfast for my future children, I'd at least like to know that I served them Monsanto-engineered cornflakes with rBGH-infused milk, diazinon-sprayed strawberries, and irradiated bananas.

I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing to remember.

Women have lost custody of their children for these very reasons—pronounced unfit by courtroom psychiatrists, psychologists, or social workers.

My husband is so cheap. On Christmas Eve he fires one shot and tells the kids Santa committed suicide.

Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder, and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.

Most children threaten at times to run away from home. This is the only thing that keeps some parents going.

Prince, I warn you, under the rose,Time is the thief you cannot banish.These are my daughters, I suppose.But where in the world did the children vanish?

These are my daughters, I suppose. But where in the world did the children vanish?