Quotes About Children

Be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. And walk in love, as the Messiah also loved us and gave Himself for us. Ephesians 5:1–2

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children. Ephesians 5: 1

I was brought up when media still kept totally away from violence when it came to children. I don't think it would have made me scared of violence, but I find it repulsive.

'First Light' has gotten a reputation as a kind of cult classic about science. I never really intended it to be read as a science book, but books, like children, have a way of choosing their own friends.

I have to get a licence to drive a motorcycle to protect myself and the people around me. I am adamant there should be some sort of licensing required to have children.

Traditional companies have been subject to licensing for many years. Attention utilities should be required to obey limits on data extraction and message amplification practices that drive polarisation, and should be required to protect children. We should ban or limit microtargeting of advertising, recommendations and other behavioural nudges.

It's an extension of what I do also as part of making my living - I go into schools and work with kids on writing, and I do assembly programs often. Each one is different because each school has different requirements.

I think there's been a big psychological shift in people my age raising children. The world that they are growing into requires a different style of parenting.

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.

There are literally Internet rescue camps in China and Korea to deal with children that are addicted. Internet disorder is maybe going to count as a psychiatric disorder in a couple of years.

Research shows that when children have no body confidence at school they're less likely to put their hand up in class and ask a question.

If I had kids, I'd probably be way over-protective, researching everything they begged to see to make sure the content was appropriate.

I need the help of my nannies, but I don't want my children being raised in something that resembles a group home.

I personally don't resent having my children.

I almost resent being Charley Moviestar. Yeah, I'm grateful. But it takes me away from my kids.

Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

But there are parents out there who feel like they have been shut out from the process of how their children are educated, and that's never a good thing.

It's funny. I don't really think of us as TV presenters. I think of TV presenters as responsible people who show children what to do with empty fairy liquid bottles. Not a couple of blokes who don't mind telling kids to shut up.

Shutting people away, cooped up in cramped accommodation, is a recipe for frustration and despair. It is impossible for families in one-bedroom flats to get space from each other. No garden, no balcony, no patio means little activity for children.

I do not understand why we are not raised to celebrate our bodies as children. Why we are told to be shy or awkward or self-conscious.

Beyonce was very shy around children, and one of the reasons we put her in dance classes was so she'd have some little kid friends.

Peer attachments are not the problem themselves. It's when they compete with adult attachments that the problems emerge. It's just like when siblings get attached to each other. If they start revolving around each other, then the parents can't do anything with them because it's a competing attachment.