Quotations about:
child-raising
Note not all quotations have been tagged, so Search may find additional quotes on this topic.
What is the goal of parenting? It’s to help a child grow up to be a decent human being, a mensch, a person with compassion, commitment, and caring.
Haim Ginott (1922-1973) Israeli-American school teacher, child psychologist, psychotherapist [b. Haim Ginzburg]
Between Parent and Child, ch. 10 “Summing Up” (2003 ed.) [with A. Ginott and H. W. Goddard]
(
Source)
Added on 21-Mar-24 | Last updated 21-Mar-24
Link to this post
Topics: character, child rearing, child-raising, good person, parenting
More quotes by Ginott, Haim
Words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child’s mind, they are not easily eradicated.
May Sarton (1912-1995) Belgian-American poet, novelist, memoirist [pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton]
I Knew a Phoenix, “A Belgian School” (1959)
(
Source)
Added on 9-Nov-21 | Last updated 9-Nov-21
Link to this post
Topics: child, child-raising, impact, influence, language, words
More quotes by Sarton, May
Don’t threaten a child; either punish or forgive him.
The Talmud (AD 200-500) Collection of Jewish rabbinical writings
Passage
Added on 14-Feb-17 | Last updated 14-Feb-17
Link to this post
Topics: child, child-raising, forgiveness, parenting, punishment, threat
More quotes by Talmud
It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself.
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) French author, existentialist philosopher, feminist theorist
Les Belles Images, ch. 3 (1966) [tr. O’Brian (1968)]
Added on 27-Dec-11 | Last updated 12-Feb-18
Link to this post
Topics: child-raising, children, influence, parent
More quotes by Beauvoir, Simone de