The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
Children Quotes
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence.
I do not believe in a child world. It is a fantasy world. I believe the child should be taught from the very first that the whole world is his world, that adult and child share one world, that all generations are needed.
Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.
You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes; and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.
We are the buffoons of our children.
I am married to Beatrice Salkeld, a painter. We have no children, except me.
A boy must hold his tongue among his elders… Greed was abhorred, it was taboo to snatch Radish tops, aniseed, or parsley before your elders, Or to nibble kickshaws and giggle and twine one’s feet… So, you shall learn to hate the Agora, And shun the baths and feel ashamed of smut;… And to get […]
