There are so many great quotes about children, some humorous some thought provoking. These are some of my favorites. So sit back and enjoy.
My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.
Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous.
Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble. -Dennis Fakes.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter.
A three-year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. -Bill Vaughan.
Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said. -Anonymous
People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one. -L.J. Burke
Parents need to fill a child’s bucket of self-esteem so high that the rest of the world can’t poke enough holes to drain it dry. -Alvin Price
Insanity is hereditary; you can get it from your children. -S. Levenson
When a child is allowed to do absolutely as he pleases, it will not be long until nothing pleases him. -Anonymous
Discipline doesn’t break a child’s spirit half as often as the lack of it breaks a parents heart. -Anonymous
Parents spend half their time wondering how their children will turn out, and the other half wondering when they’ll turn in. -Anonymous
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. -T.M. Hesburg