#children

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born. ↗

— Robert Drewe

#parents #raising-children #family

Mothers do not have love affairs. Before their children they have dreams, and after their children they have delusions. If the father is involved somewhere, they have fantasies. ↗

— Bauvard

#family #fathers #funny #humor #love-affairs

I don't really know them, but I know this: they're just like your kids were. Or are. Sweet, trusting, good in ways we adults hardly even remember. We have to look out for them. Not because of the tattoos, or in spite of them, but because they're kids and we're supposed to look out for kids. ↗

— Sabrina Vourvoulias

#family #orphans #family

A criança ao nascer já traz um determinado potencial; são os pais, no entanto, que podem torná-la capaz de realizar esse potencial ↗

— Carlos Messa

#education #educação #family #filhos #pais

Os homens têm experiência de séculos a mais que as mulheres em: malsentir, antever e precaver. Quando levadas ao mundo do trabalho "masculino", as mulheres aceleram seu desenvolvimento nessa mesma direção e, dessa forma, as crianças estão deixando de aprender a amar, ou, ao menos, se afeiçoar. ↗

— Carlos Messa

#children #education #educação #family #filhos

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.. ↗

— Jane Austen

#family

You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be? ↗

— Julie Murphy

#eat #food #health #healthy #nutrition

Hey, ants!" she shouted. "Please help. Anteater is very hungry, but cannot find any food. ↗

— Emlyn Chand

#birds #children #children-s-books #emlyn-chand #evolved-publishing

In any case, muffins that are only imaginary aren't liable to get stuck. ↗

— Thomas M. Disch

#childrens #food #toaster #food

Oh, why did nobody warn me?" cried Grimes in agony. "I should have been told. They should have told me in so many words. They should have warned me about Flossie, not about the fires of hell. I've risked them, and I don't mind risking them again, but they should have told me about marriage. They should have told me that at the end of that gay journey and flower-strewn path were the hideous lights of home and the voices of children. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#marriage #home