Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them

Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.

Children see things very well sometimes - and idealists even better.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

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 have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop read more

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things read more

Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.

The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them

The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow some from them