When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went read more

When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from read more

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they're looking for ideas

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to read more

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you started. He or she is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to the things which you think are important. The fate of humanity is in his or her hand.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read more

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.