Quotes About Child

It takes a caring community to raise a child that will be a whole person and a contributing citizen.

It takes compromise to raise a child, especially with a schedule like mine.

A little boy came home and told his mother he had gotten first prize in an examination. The question had been How many legs does a horse have He had answered, Three. When his mother asked how he had gotten the first prize, he replied that all the other children had said, Two.

Adults need to come to understand that the child does not want any of our power. He merely wants some of his own.

The true mystery of Okawa school was the one we all face. No mind can encompass it; consciousness recoils in panic. The idea of conspiracy is what we supply to make sense of what will never be sensible— the fiery fact of death. Extinction of life: extinction of a perfect, a beloved child: for eternity. Impossible! the soul cries out. What are they hiding?

Nature inspires creativity in a child by demanding visualization and the full use of the senses.

A child at risk made trust a luxury, each day uncertain, the mere sound of a telephone ringing a reason to flinch.

Just like our story, the original Christmas tales were stories of searching, not so much for the lost, as for the familiar. Mary and Joseph sought in Bethlehem- the home of their familial ancestry- a place to start their own family; the three kings from the East journeyed beneath the sentinel star to find the King of Kings; and the shepherds sought a child in a place most familiar to them: a manger.

Frisch weht der Wind Der Heimat zu Mein Irisch Kind, Wo weilest du?

Telling a child that they are intelligent might make them feel good, but it can also induce a fear of failure, causing the child to avoid challenging situations because they might look bad if they are not successful. In addition, telling a child that they are intelligent suggests that they do not need to work hard to perform well. Because of this, children may be less motivated to make the required effort, and so be more likely to fail.

I get in that kind of situation all the time, Comrade. It's not a big deal." Anger replaced my fear. I didn't like being treated like a child. "Stop calling me that. You don't even know what you're talking about." "Sure I do. I had to do a report on the R.S.S.R. last year.

Oh, and I'm also happy to watch our darling little love child dragon while you're in St. Louis.

I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca.

Don't argue, my dear child, please don't argue!" cried Mr. Wonka. "It's such a waste of precious time!

A REAL WITCH gets the same pleasure from squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream.

Gospel is the announcement of who God insists you are. You're a child of God, not because of how great you are but because God has all kinds of kids and you're one of them.

Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.

One can lead a child to knowledge but one cannot make him think.

My child, a true-confession story should never be tarnished by any taint of truth.

Once can lead a child to knowledge but one cannot make him think.

Mmm, a futile discussion. So my problem child is adequate?" "Well … he's not a member of the Ku Klux Klan—" "I never thought he was! Zebbie isn't that sort." "—but he's a wizard under a sheet!

Each of us is part heroine or hero and part coward, part parent and part child, part saint and part thief. It is in learning to identify these great archetypal motifs within ourselves, learning to honor each one as a legitimate human trait, learning to live out the energy of each in a constructive way, that we make inner work a great odyssey of the spirit.

and you would never know they were gone, but losing a child left an emptiness so large it screamed to be filled with memories.

Neuroscience has shown that the child's brain is biologically primed to learn from experience, so that early environments powerfully affect the architecture of the developing brain. The most fundamental feature of that experience is interaction with responsive adults—typically, but not only, parents.