Quotes About Children

I think my dad has a similar black sense of humour to mine, so perhaps it's just an inherited thing. I've got two little boys now, and I can see it with them as well. I don't know if you learn it off your parents - but my dad used to take me to see certain plays when I was quite young, so maybe that had an effect as well.

The best advice I have is, actually present yourself at a legal border crossing and make your case. Cross illegally and get arrested, and your children will be given to us. That's the simple fact, I'm afraid.

I have two beautiful children and my husband. The perfect day for me is just to be with them and have fun. We like simple things, you know.

The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really, really need you. If a kid was ill, I would simply leave a meeting and go home.

A recent one entitled "Is There an Epidemic of Child or Adolescent Depression?" vindicated Betteridge's Law of Headlines: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered with the word no.

What's going on? On the one hand, analogical thinking seems to be our birthright. Metaphorical connections saturate our language, drive our science, enliven our literature, burst out (at least occasionally) in children's speech, and remind us of things past. On the other hand, when experimentalists lead the horse to water, they can't make it drink.

We don't want to limit what God can do in our children by trying to parent them alone—Trust God to take care of them.

Pray that your children will develop a heart that seeks after God.

Children who have faith have distinctly different characteristics from those who don't. In fact, one of the main manifestations of a person with strong faith is the ability to give—not just in terms of money or possessions, but also time, love, and encouragement.

All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. ISAIAH 54:13

As you pray for your children, you will find it to be an unending habit of your heart. Being able to positively affect your children in prayer will keep you in close contact with them and actively involved in their lives, even after they leave home. And it will continually contribute to your joy as a parent!

after the initial pain of releasing our children there comes joy and peace, both for them and us.

Lord, help my children to make godly friends. I know that You brought us here and You will not leave my children forsaken. I'm concerned that in their need for acceptance they'll end up with friends whose moral standards are not as high as Yours. Bring godly role models into their lives.

Instruye al niño en su camino, y aun cuando fuere viejo no se apartará de él. Proverbios 22:6

Although there are different stages and seasons of parenting responsibilities, your heart and mind will always be with each one of your children for the rest of your life.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb is a reward. PSALM 127:3

We don't want to limit what God can do in our children by clutching them to ourselves and trying to parent them alone.

Levántate, da voces en la noche, al comenzar las vigilias; derrama como agua tu corazón ante la presencia del Señor; alza tus manos a él implorando la vida de tus pequeñitos. Lamentaciones 2:19

Las vidas de nuestros hijos jamás deben ser dejadas al azar.

train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).

Having defeated global fascism, a ruined country rebuilt itself from rubble thanks to the most progressive government in our history and the talents of its children, kids raised by and large outside of the establishment and the elite on a diet of orange juice, free school milk, NHS specs, Watch with Mother, public libraries, art schools, galleries and all the other benefits of a forward-looking state and a commitment to the public good not the private profit.

We oppose the sons of darkness by letting our Light shine, not by taking up the sword. It is not the sword that conquers wickedness but the Truth shining in the hearts of the Children of Light.

I tend to place kids in a class with dogs, preferring the quiet, the smart, and the well trained.

The kids who can calm themselves usually have warmer, more responsive mothers, while the moms of the angry kids are unpredictable in their behavior, and the moms of the detached kids are colder and dismissive.