Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life. Martha Beck
Our need for certainty in an endeavor as uncertain as raising children makes explicit 'how-to-parent' strategies both seductive and dangerous. Brene Brown
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models. Lee Haney
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I might well write a children's book', but otherwise the idea of being conscious of who you're directing the story to is anathema to me, because, in my view, fiction is freedom and any restraints on that are intolerable. Martin Amis
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. Democritus
Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Richard Paul Evans
Reading should not be presented to children as a chore, a duty. It should be offered as a gift. Kate DiCamillo
Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.H. Jackson Brown,Jr.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen keller
The advice I will give my children, if and when they have Olympic aspirations, will be to go for it. Kerri Walsh
The bomber will always get through. The only defense is in offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly that the enemy if you want to save yourselves. Stanley baldwin
The fancy that extraterrestrial life is by definition of a higher order than our own is one that soothes all children, and many writers. Joan Didion
The future that I will not live to see is the one my children will live in. That's my immortality. And I shouldn't try to mortgage theirs for my benefit. Justin Cronin
The gain is not the having of children; it is the discovery of love and how to be loving. Polly Berrien Berends