Could I speak to you for a moment, madam?’ said Nannie to Agnes.It was at moments of crisis like this that Mary chiefly envied her Aunt Agnes’s imperturbable disposition. Most mothers feel a hideous sinking...

Children accept many things adults will not accept, since the world of a child is a constant revelation without any need for knowledge of cause and effect. (“Miss Esperson”)

The situation with regard to insulin is particularly clear. In many parts of the world diabetic children still die from lack of this hormone. … [T]hose of us who search for new biological facts and...

putriku menaiki lidah petir.membangunkan setiap raksasa malas.mengejarnya hingga sudutsudut kebun hidup.menggambar pertentangan dan kehancuran.

When kids made a decision for themselves they have a vested interest in showing they were right. Lee wanted to prove to me that he had made the right choice so he worked hard and...

We must have the love that exists among children, for with them love rules without any special purpose.

Children know by instinct that hell is an absence of love, and they can pick out theirs without missing.

He did not alarm her, for she thought she had seen him before in the faces of many women who have no children. Perhaps he is to be found in the faces of some mothers...

Let even an affectionate Goliath get himself tied to a small tender thing, dreading to hurt it by pulling, and dreading still more to snap the cord, and which of the two, pray, will be...

Discipline is not a negative word. It comes from the Greek word “to train.

The greatest legacy a father can leave for his children before he departs is PEACE, otherwise his properties will go in PIECES sooner that he dies.

Residents of the squatter community of Christiana, Denmark, for example, have a Christmastide ritual where they dress in Santa suits, take toys from department stores and distribute them to children on the street, partly just...

Find joy in the faces of children who view life as so magical. Give thanks every day for your life and for your existence. Your life matters, you matter. So many people think and care...

A blown kiss is not a proper kiss. Hugs and kisses should be hugs and kisses, not breaths of air. I am tired of breaths of air and not enough hugs and kisses.

The best security blanket a child can have is parents who respect each other.

A boy trudged down the sidewalk dragging a fishing pole behind him. A man stood waiting with his hands on his hips. Summertime, and his children played in the front yard with their friend, enacting...

Always believe in good and happiness. Never except “I can’t” Always say I can..

If kids six and under eat free, then I’m an infant. Or at least infantile. Bring on the steaks.

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons, but children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.

The Agency was doubtful, because they had already sent a lot of nurses and nannies and governesses to Mr. and Mrs. Brown’s family. ‘The person you want,’ they said, ‘is Nurse Matilda.

And here is my sweet little Annamaria,’ she added, tenderly caressing a little girl of three years old, who had not made a noise for the last two minutes; ‘And she is always so gentle...

Parents, … …are locked in a losing competition with culture to raise our children.

When we trust the makers of baby formula more than we do our own ability to nourish our babies, we lose a chance to claim an aspect of our power as women. Thinking that baby...

There are grandchildren everywhere. Children have needs all over this county. I know it becomes more important when it’s your children . . .

It’s the well-behaved children that make the most formidable revolutionaries. They don’t say a word, they don’t hide under the table, they eat only one piece of chocolate at a time. But later on, they...

I love children. Eating them, that is.

You need a husband and some babies to look after. Otherwise you’re going to grow up into a virago…

God’s greatest blessing; gift of children.

I wondered then why children played so in the river, but adults ceased to see it with the same eyes. Why couldn’t we embrace such simple joys?

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.

Our children continue to be healthier … because our infant and adolescent mortality rates continue to decline,

I don’t know as much about children as I would like to. I am godmother to a wonderful three-year-old boy named dominic, the son of my friend Sophie. They live in Scotland, near Oban, and...

The innocence of such children doesn’t answer our deepest questions about this vale of tears to which we are condemned, but it helps to dispel them. That is the secret to family life.

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.

Tus hijos no son tus hijos son hijos e hijas de la vida deseosa de si misma. No vienen de ti, sino a través de ti y aunque estén contigo no te pertenecen. Puedes darles...

When Mikolay and Julia are not at school, they usually go exploring and adventuring. Mikolay’s and Julia’s mummies are both witches and are in charge of fixing things.

Even if we have grown so far apart that we don’t recognize each other when we pass, we have this life, this block of time, and what do you think about that?

My demons creep like a pedo in a park full of kids. Each one reminding me of the consequences, what I didn’t do, or did.

I left a note for my mother. I always leave a note for my mother when I am on a case.

For I do not believe God means us thus to divide life into half halves – to wear a grave face on Sunday, and to think it out-of-place to even so much as mention Him...

İki tip çocuk vardı: Biri sonuna kadar gözyaşlarına boğulmayı tercih eder, ama tabağındaki pırasayı yemeye mahkum olur. Diğeri ise ne yapacağını biliyordur. Küçük, anlaşılmayacak bir samimiyete indirgenmiş ani bir kusma refleksi ve patates kızartması beş...

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children’s eyes.

Children need to see that they are part of a history and that the story of their family is a living thing. God tells it, a new story in each generation, and each must hold...

Then there are all of those children, the ones who aren’t resilient. The ones who slowly, quietly die. I think the difference is that the kids who bounce back learn to bear a little bit...

Poor or rich, black or white, quiet or naughty, mentally defective or sharp-witted, thin or fat, all children are great!

Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

God never leaves His children to wander alone. We are always surrounded with unconditional love.

Would I ever have the courage to tell Wills the truth? That he wasn’t just imagining the world was a more difficult place for him to understand than for some of his buddies – that...

Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small...