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.
Children Quotes
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 […]
In America there are two classes of travel – first class, and with children. Traveling with children corresponds roughly to traveling third class in Bulgaria.
As to the exposure and rearing of children, let there by a law that no deformed children shall live.
The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
We must develop a fair appreciation for the real strengths and limitations of government effort on behalf of children. Government, obviously, cannot fill a child’s emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.
