My Children Quotes

I am excited to have the opportunity to help provide the same swim instruction that I received as a child when I was enrolled in a water safety class at five-years-old.

Students are very engaged by the issues, and it's not surprising because food choices are one of the few powers a child has.

I'm not talking about having to consult Julia Child before you can take a pot off the rack. I think that's something we can all do more and do better.

Donald Trump has filed so many bankruptcies and busted so many companies that his children now have receding heir lines.

Hollywood was never great for children.

A parent can seem very kind and gentle, but as any child knows, as soon as that parent gets stressed, they can suddenly turn and get a bit angry.

The night is there, we're trying to ignore the night, the night was always there as children.

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had very good circumstances.

Children's games are hardly games. Children are never more serious than when they play.

A father is very miserable who has no other hold on his children's affection than the need they have of his assistance, if that can be called affection.

What a wonderful thing it is that drop of seed, from which we are produced, bears in itself the impressions, not only of the bodily shape, but of the thoughts and inclinations of our fathers!

Let [children] be able to do all things, and love to do only the good.

I do not know whether I would not like much better to have produced one perfectly formed child by intercourse with the muses than by intercourse with my wife.

Children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

It is an injustice that an old, broken, half-dead father should enjoy alone, in a corner of his hearth, possessions that would suffice for the advancement and maintenance of many children.

In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden with books.

The problem is, with a lot of children's films, they are very commercial.

I've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

I'm more or less skeptical about marriage, because of family ties, relations between children and parents - it's all so depressing.

Look into the heart of each child. That child might be suffering and eventually they'll be an adult, but help them get to that next plane because they have something to offer.

Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern and acting, and I loved it.

Now you are no longer a giggling child, smiling at whoever comes along. You are a woman with power. Learn to control your smile, and you can control what men will think about you.

It's all about patience and persistence - you often have to expose a child to a new food numerous times before he or she will begin to like it. So keep trying!

I think any family would, any mother would their children.

You can't have a favourite meal, like you can't have a favourite movie or a favourite book or a favourite child.

What kind of religion is it that would encourage the parent to shelter the child from any outside influences and punish it by putting it out in a world you never had any way of learning about?

I use my financial values to set my limitations. I have three children I want to put through college debt free. So that means I can't spend wildly or with disregard.

If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.

There was not an industry for child actors. I never really made any money. It was all about fun for me.

I went on to host a kids' program from when I was around 10 until 15. In some ways I'm a child actor.

It's confusing. I've had so many wives and so many children I don't know which house to go to first on Christmas.

I never knew my father, and I'd hate to repeat that kind of cycle with my own children, because I'd also want to be there for them no matter what.

When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.

It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.

I'm a firm believer that when children have a strong conviction about something, it's often because there's some powerful experience from a past life. Something that they didn't get to fulfill.

My parents and I always put great emphasis on telling stories that appeal to a child's sense of humor.

Families are where children live. Almost everything they experience is in the context of family life.

Well, you know, my wife and I have eight children. We have now 19 grandchildren.

I put a lot of emphasis on childrens issues. Children are many times ignored because they dont vote, and they dont have lobby groups.

I was incredibly different as a child from everybody else. But really, I was just who I was. I was born that way.

As the father of six children, I want to know that when my wife or I drop our kids off at school they will be safe from predators, crime and violence.

Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.

The best defense against these people is to educate parents and children of the dangers that come along with the Internet and by limiting access to certain sites during the school day.

As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.

Predators will look for any way to talk to children online whether through sites like Myspace, instant messaging, or even online games.

You should really try to live your childhood when you’re a child, because if you do it when you’re 26, it can be dangerous.

Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.

Let's welcome the children into the world.