They call it cutting the apron strings. It feels more like amputating body parts.
Children Quotes
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
I think it’s the most special blessing of all: to like our children as companions.
Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
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 […]
