“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” — James Baldwin, “Fifth Avenue, Uptown,” Esquire (July 1960)
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“Kids aren’t supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.” — Susan Wiggs, Summer at Willow Lake
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“If parents had children who were good sleepers they assumed this was due to their good parenting, not good luck.” — Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies
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“Will you explain to me why people encourage delusional behavior in children, and medicate it in adults?” — Barbara Kingsolver, Flight Behavior
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“Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.” — Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
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“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” — Neil Postman, The End of Education
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“Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.” — Alfie Kohn, The Homework Myth
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“Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.” — Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin
From My Notebook – Page 16
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“Every intelligent child is an amateur anthropologist. The first thing such a child notices is that adults don’t make sense.” — John Leonard, “Books of the Times,” The New York Times (1982-09-23)
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