Childhood is the work of miracle and wonders; as if creation rose, bathed in light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult.
Children Quotes
Even when we do not create children’s fears, when they come to us with fears ready-made and built-in, we use their fears as handles to manipulate them and get them to do what we want.
It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.
An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands. Passion swells by gratification; and the impossibility of satisfying every one of his wishes will oblige you to stop short at last after he has become headstrong.
The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.
It is a wise child that knows his own father.
It might as well be admitted that children irritate us; and this means that we are no longer capable of entering into their kingdom. We revenge ourselves by teaching them all sorts of worthless knowledge.
The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.
By trying to make things easier for their children parents can make things much harder for them.
Virtue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.
