Quotes about "Family & Parenting"

Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self. ”

I regret not having more children. I would have loved to have had a bigger family. ”

And I really do believe that the most important thing is the way you live your life on earth. But I think it's enormously comforting to believe that you're going to see your loved ones. ”

Parents of young children should realize that few people, and maybe no one, will find their children as enchanting as they do. ”

I didn't have a very religious family. ”

When the children were very small, I worked in the morning only, and then gradually, as they spent full days at school, I could spend full days at work. ”

After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book. ”

I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately. ”

There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge. ”

I find the term 'perfect child' to be an oxymoron. ”