I once became really annoyed at my daughter Julie, who was two or three years old at the time, and decided on an old army routine to punish her. When she spoke to me, I required that every sentence begin and end with the word “sir.” “Sir, may I go out and play, sir?” “Sir, […]
Children Quotes
I’ve been struck by the upside-down priorities of the juvenile-justice system. We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at home, more to put him in a foster home, and the most to institutionalize him.
Infancy is the perpetual Messiah, which comes into the arms of fallen men, and pleads with them to return to paradise.
How children survive being Brought Up amazes me.
Children must have at least one person who believes in them. It could be a counselor, a teacher, a preacher, a friend. It could be you. You never know when a little love and support will plant a small seed of hope.
The report of the Central Commission relates that the manufacturers began to employ children rarely of five years, often of six, very often of seven, usually of eight to nine years; that the working day often lasted fourteen to sixteen hours, exclusive of meals and intervals; that the manufacturers permitted overlookers to flog and maltreat […]
How true Daddy’s words were when he said: “All children must look after their own upbringing.” Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.
That was and still is the great disaster of my life – that lovely, lovely little boy… There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were. (on the death of his first son Doud Dwight (“Icky”) at age three)
Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
Let the child’s first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.
