Quotes About Child

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.

Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn child.

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.

Is this what she would have wanted, Hawke?" Ronan asked quietly. "Justice at the cost of an innocent man and his child?

our fourth child, decided to draw pictures for me in 1 Peter, in red ink. Her scribbles are there today, and I love every blot!

There is nothing original I can offer this child. I am obligated to make an offering, however, a virgin to the gods, a stuffed animal to a new baby. If I lay this gift on the altar, will you promise me I'll never get pregnant? I

We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

a power struggle with your child. When that happens, be willing to back away and start over when you have changed your attitude—which will enable your child to change his.

Remember that while repetition may be boring to you, it isn't to your child. Babies and toddlers learn through repetition, which is why routines are such an effective and important teaching tool for this age group.

The principles of Positive Discipline will help you build a relationship of love and respect with your child, and will help you live and solve problems together for many years to come.

Your child is constantly making decisions about himself and the world, and how to find belonging and significance in that world.

It is amazing how a child who resists a direct order will respond with enthusiasm when that order becomes an invitation to play. Try telling your toddler, "I bet you can't pick up all your little cars before I count to ten

Do your best to be empathetic when your child cries (or has a temper tantrum). He may just be frustrated with his lack of abilities.

A child who is protected from all controversial ideas is as vulnerable as a child who is protected from every germ. The infection, when it comes- and it will come- may overwhelm the system, be it the immune system or the belief system.

Ron Paul, who, as someone said, wouldn't have regulated a sewer pipe running through his child's playroom.

I want to go swimming," the child said. She waited for opposition, but none came. So she took off her clothes, slowly and nervously. She glanced at her grandmother -- you can't depend on people who just let things happen. She put her legs in the water. "It's cold," she said. "Of course it's cold," the old woman said, her thoughts somewhere else. "What did you expect?

the mother "holds the child's bits together." She is his glue, his container. When the mother is really there, lovingly holding the child, it gives the child something to hold on to. Ultimately, that is the mother's heart.

Mothers don't need to be perfect, and can't be. The perfection, when there, is supplied through the eyes of the child—who, when the mother does a good-enough job meeting her basic needs, feels total adoration

Alas. You're no Vader, you're just a child with a mask.

Excuse me, but could we borrow a pen?" Joyce looked at me like I'd asked for her firstborn child, then took a Bic from behind her ear and handed it over. I looked at the pen, took a napkin and wiped it down. Who knew where her ears had been?

That one's not for Mommy or Daddy. Anya says she wants you to have it.