#child

Yes, it is worse than thrown away, because every fair minded man must admit that the expenditure of this sum of money in the county for intoxicating liquor creates lawlessness, makes criminals, wrecks homes and brings trouble to innocent women and children. ↗

— Thomas Jordan Jarvis

#away #because #brings #children #county

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#contacts #happy #happy childhood #human #poor

Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. ↗

— Black Elk

#great #great spirit #grown #grown men #hearts

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. ↗

— David Elkind

#adolescence #chance #childhood #choice #friendships

I think having children is the most amazing thing. ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#amazing thing #children #having #having children #i

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child. ↗

— Judy Garland

#dies #how #illusion #lost #strange

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children. ↗

— William Godwin

#beings #between #children #great #human

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

#childhood #come #deal #dickensian #did

Young readers have to be entertained. No child reads fiction because they think it's going to make them a better person. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#better #better person #child #entertained #fiction

It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going. ↗

— Harriet Harman

#benefit #better #bring #children #direction