They are playing a game. If I show them I see they are playing a game, I shall break the rules and they will punish me. I must play the game of not seeing that I play the game.
Children Quotes
And he who gives a child a treat, Makes joy-bells ring in Heaven’s street; And he who gives a child a home, Builds palaces in Kingdom come.
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.
We are all in a post-hypnotic trance induced in early infancy.
That’s the news from Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average.
Never allow your child to call you by your first name. He hasn’t known you long enough.
In our time one has to ask children and the ignorant for news of the future. The saying in the Talmud that after the destruction of the temple prophesy we have taken from the wise and given to children and fools reflect the disarray and perplexity of a time of trouble. When things become unhinged, […]
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.
One of the most valuable habits a parent can have is that of explaining. Many parents think their children are too young to understand explanations, yet it is surprising how much a child will absorb if he is given a chance. And even if he does not understand completely, he will at least sense that […]
