Thursday, May 13, 2010

More great parenting quotes

Children seldom misquote.  In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.  ~Author Unknown

Children make you want to start life over.  ~Muhammad Ali

Children are unpredictable.  You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.  ~Franklin P. Jones

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all.  ~Pearl S. Buck

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.  ~Rabindranath Tagore

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.  ~Author Unknown

You can learn many things from children.  How much patience you have, for instance.  ~Franklin P. Jones

In the United States today, there is a pervasive tendency to treat children as adults, and adults as children.  The options of children are thus steadily expanded, while those of adults are progressively constricted.  The result is unruly children and childish adults.  ~Thomas Szasz

While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt

A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.  ~Robert Brault

Women gather together to wear silly hats, eat dainty food, and forget how unresponsive their husbands are.  Men gather to talk sports, eat heavy food, and forget how demanding their wives are.  Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.  ~Mignon McLaughlin

There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child.  ~Frank A. Clark




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