Quotes About Children

Thought is the parent. If error has crept in among the little thoughts, and the children have become disobedient and refractory, it is not the parent's fault. Nor must you blame the children either; they are young yet, and you must not expect too much of them.

Though you may be a wanderer, living out your days in exile, home is with you always, in blood-song and bone map, and in the echo of your mother's voice as you tell her favorite tale to your children or the children who gather around you in the land of your exile. Home is your most constant companion.

There's no love more intense than the love we have for our kids - and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface.

parents are encouraged to read slowly and yawn frequently. The author describes the book as "the verbal equivalent of rocking a baby to sleep.

As Sheryl Sandberg told me, "I found that when I cut my office hours dramatically once I had kids, I was not just working less, but I was more productive. Having children forced me to treat every minute of my time as precious—

And as children get older, the structure of the school day becomes even more out of sync with the natural rhythms of children and adolescents.

Lack of sleep impairs a child's ability to learn, their emotional well-being (mood swings, anxiety, depression, hyperactivity and other behavioral problems) and even leads to many health problems like infections, high blood pressure and obesity.

Children are angels. They are protected by God. But because God cannot be seen, they feel lonely... ...so they bid farewell to God... ...and go to live with people. They let go of the paradise that protected them... ...to be loved by the ones they love.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

Children ... are unripe and imperfect; their virtues, therefore, are to be considered not merely as relative to their actual state, but principally in reference to that maturity and perfection to which nature has destined them.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

They had children to take care of and felt wary of supporting any environmental movement or federal government action that might jeopardize them.

Freud reminds them that children do not conceptualize or fear death as do adults. He then lists what he thinks adults fear about death: "the horrors of corruption . . . freezing in the ice-cold grave . . . the terrors of eternal nothingness." He then adds that adults cannot tolerate these fears, "as is proved by all the myths of a future life." Freud believed that people accepted the religious worldview because of their fear of death and their wish for permanence.

The machinery of the Revolution was not to be halted, and like Saturn it devoured its own children.

American children spend an average of about four hours watching television every day, and for the most part, the fathers they see are incompetent, absent, uncaring, and unnecessary.

But it's amazing how many people think that gay men should slink off into the shadows when it comes to having friendships with children.

Children have imagination enough to grasp any idea which you present to them with honesty and without patronage.

Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.

A child's conduct will reflect the ways of his parents.

You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

Kids do say the darndest things

Meaningful progress toward social justice cannot be made in sclerotic education systems that put adults' job security before children's civil rights.

He possessed an unflinching belief that all people — the poor, children, the elderly — were human assets, waiting to be developed so they could earn their success.