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after the age of six.
â J OHN W . G ARDNER AND F RANCESCA G ARDNER R EESE
in
Know or Listen to Those Who Know
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Perhaps parents would enjoy their children more if they stopped to realize that the film of childhood can never be run through for a second showing.
â E VELYN N OWN
Â
Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society.
â J OAN G ANZ C OONEY
Â
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
â B ILL C OSBY
Fatherhood
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Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.
â C . E VERETT K OOP, MD
Â
Children have more need of models than of critics.
â C AROLYN C OATS
Things Your Dad Always Told You But You Didnât Want to Hear
Â
The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.
â D ANNY K AYE
Â
Although today there are many trial marriages, there is no such thing as a trial child.
â G ARY W ILLS
Â
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
â L ARRY W ILDE
The Merry Book of Christmas
Â
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.
â C HARLES D ICKENS
Â
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
â G . K . C HESTERTON
Â
Childrenâs talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
â M AYA A NGELOU
Â
When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.
â P . L . T RAVERS
Â
I still live in and on the sunshine of my childhood.
â C HRISTIAN M ORGENSTERN
Â
There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.
â W ALT S TREIGHTIFF
Â
The penalty for censoring what your children may be taught is children who are brighter than you.
â F RANK A . C LARK
Â
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
â C ARL G . J UNG
The Development of Personality
Â
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when heâs really in trouble.
â D ENNIS F AKES
Points with Punch
Â
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments: tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
â L OUIS P ASTEUR
Â
We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.
â S TACIA T AUSCHER
Â
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
â J OHANN W OLFGANG VON G OETHE
Â
A child is the root of the heart.
â C AROLINA M ARÃA DE J ESÃS
Â
There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
â R ALPH W ALDO E MERSON
Â
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if heâs buying.
â F RAN L EBOWITZ
Social Studies
Â
Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
â A RNOLD H . G LASOW
Â
Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
â J AMES B ALDWIN
Â
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
â O GDEN N ASH
Â
Babies are always more trouble than you thoughtâand more wonderful.
â C HARLES O SGOOD
âCBS Morning Newsâ
Â
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
â J OHN J . P LOMP
Â
Children arenât happy with nothing to ignore,
Â
And thatâs what parents were created for.
â O GDEN N ASH
Â
Parents are the bones on which children cut their
â J OHN W . G ARDNER AND F RANCESCA G ARDNER R EESE
in
Know or Listen to Those Who Know
Â
Perhaps parents would enjoy their children more if they stopped to realize that the film of childhood can never be run through for a second showing.
â E VELYN N OWN
Â
Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society.
â J OAN G ANZ C OONEY
Â
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.
â B ILL C OSBY
Fatherhood
Â
Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.
â C . E VERETT K OOP, MD
Â
Children have more need of models than of critics.
â C AROLYN C OATS
Things Your Dad Always Told You But You Didnât Want to Hear
Â
The greatest natural resource that any country can have is its children.
â D ANNY K AYE
Â
Although today there are many trial marriages, there is no such thing as a trial child.
â G ARY W ILLS
Â
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
â L ARRY W ILDE
The Merry Book of Christmas
Â
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.
â C HARLES D ICKENS
Â
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.
â G . K . C HESTERTON
Â
Childrenâs talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
â M AYA A NGELOU
Â
When I was a child, love to me was what the sea is to a fish: something you swim in while you are going about the important affairs of life.
â P . L . T RAVERS
Â
I still live in and on the sunshine of my childhood.
â C HRISTIAN M ORGENSTERN
Â
There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.
â W ALT S TREIGHTIFF
Â
The penalty for censoring what your children may be taught is children who are brighter than you.
â F RANK A . C LARK
Â
If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
â C ARL G . J UNG
The Development of Personality
Â
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when heâs really in trouble.
â D ENNIS F AKES
Points with Punch
Â
When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments: tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.
â L OUIS P ASTEUR
Â
We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.
â S TACIA T AUSCHER
Â
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses.
â J OHANN W OLFGANG VON G OETHE
Â
A child is the root of the heart.
â C AROLINA M ARÃA DE J ESÃS
Â
There never was a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
â R ALPH W ALDO E MERSON
Â
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if heâs buying.
â F RAN L EBOWITZ
Social Studies
Â
Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
â A RNOLD H . G LASOW
Â
Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
â J AMES B ALDWIN
Â
Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
â O GDEN N ASH
Â
Babies are always more trouble than you thoughtâand more wonderful.
â C HARLES O SGOOD
âCBS Morning Newsâ
Â
The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
â J OHN J . P LOMP
Â
Children arenât happy with nothing to ignore,
Â
And thatâs what parents were created for.
â O GDEN N ASH
Â
Parents are the bones on which children cut their
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