Child Quotes

Excessive attention, even if it''s negative, is such a powerful ''reward'' to a child that it actually reinforces the undesirable behavior You need to learn restraint, to respond to far fewer situations, to ask yourself questions like, ''Is this really important?'' ''Could I let this behavior go?'' ''What would happen if I just wait?'' ''Could I lose by doing nothing

Particularly in the early years of the child''s development, parents may get different opinions from professionals who view the child in different settings A pediatrician seeing the child in a busy office diagnoses ''attention deficit disorder''; a nursery school teacher who observes the child in an unruly classroom calls him ''hyperactive'' a psychologist or psychiatrist decides he''s very active but not ''hyper'' and talks of emotional and family problems; while a neurologist, meeting with the child on a one-to-one basis says he is ''normal

How can you tell if you discipline effectively? Ask yourself if your disciplinary methods generally produce lasting results in a manner you find acceptable Whether your philosophy is democratic or autocratic, whatever techniques you use - reasoning, a ''star'' chart, time-outs, or spanking - if it doesn''t work, it''s not effective

The child is father of the man.

A baby is an inestimable blessing and bother.

It is wise father that knows his own child.

Childhood is the kingdom where no one dies.

I would there were no age between ten and three and twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.

When I was a little child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when 1 became a man, I put away childish things.

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.