If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Children have more need of models than critics.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us until we have become parents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the read more

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.

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

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all read more

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve read more

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.