Quotes on Children

One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another.

Children and scientists share an outlook on life. 'If I do this, what will happen?' is both the motto of the child at play and the defining refrain of the physical scientist.

Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.

There is nothing more fundamental than the idea that the government does not have a right to decide when and whether we have children.

My songs are like my children - I expect them to support me when I'm old.

Many single mothers do a heroic job looking after their children, as mine did with us; but as she found, it becomes twice as hard to set boundaries with half the number of parents.

Children are ready to learn when they are ready to learn, not necessarily when their parents are ready to teach them.

Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.

I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.

Everything I do, I hope, is that I represent something, and I represent the right things to my children and give them the right sense of what they're capable of and the world as it should be seen.

We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.

You bring children into the world. You love them with heart and soul.

The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children - children with mental retardation - can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth.

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

My children come first and the career comes in around that.

You should be able to afford health care for your family. You should be able to retire with dignity and respect. And you should be able to give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even farther and accomplish even more than you could ever imagine.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

I was so intent as a young lawyer on beating the men at their own game that I didn't take any real maternity leave with my three younger children. It is only looking back that I realise I wasn't beating the system but reinforcing it.

One very common thing is that often very brilliant children stop working because they're praised so often that it's what they want to live as - brilliant - not as someone who ever makes mistakes. It really stunts their motivation.

If you tell your own story to your children - that includes your positive moments and your negative moments, and how you overcame them - you give your children the skills and the confidence they need to feel like they can overcome some hardship that they've felt.