Children have more need of models than critics.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best read more

Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of read more

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take read more

We call a child's mind "small" simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort

A person should not promise to give a child something and then not give it, because in that way the read more

A person should not promise to give a child something and then not give it, because in that way the child learns to lie.

All children have creative power.

All children have creative power.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.