“ Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with t...
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Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.
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Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep.
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Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music.
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When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.
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Kids are capable of handling a lot more than you think if you are willing to commit some time.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.
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Kids will reach whatever expectation you set for them.
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Kids flourish if we get them to school every day.
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Even though your kids will consistently do the exact opposite of what you're telling them to do, you have to keep loving them just as much.
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Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all over again, in them, with them, and so there is something more to the world again.
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No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.
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Kids can gain courage when they're around us. They become more secure if they know they're important enough for us to invest time with them.
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Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.
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All kids are gifted. Some just open their packages earlier than others.
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All kids need is a little help, a little hope and somebody who believes in them
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Kids spell love T-I-M-E.
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You don't always know what your kids will do, but your kids should always know what you will do.
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When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts.
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Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.
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My mom used to say it doesn't matter how many kids you have... because one kid'll take up 100% of your time so more kids can't possibly take up more than 100% of your time.
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If your kids are giving you a headache, follow the directions on the aspirin bottle, especially the part that says keep away from children.
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While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.
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We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.
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Children make you want to start life over.
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You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
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Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
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Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
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Children are a poor man's wealth.
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Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.
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Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.
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Let's face it, there's lots of spoiled kids out there . . . because you can't spank Grandma.
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What is a home without children? Quiet.
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Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
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Any kid will run any errand for you if you ask at bedtime.
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Children are our most valuable resource.
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I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!
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Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.
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Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.
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Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach.
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Children are like sponges; they absorb all your strength and leave you limp... but give them a squeeze and you get it all back.
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Your children teach you so much. It's a real mirror of yourself.
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Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.
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Children are not things to be moulded, but are people to be unfolded.
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...in serving the best interests of children, we serve the best interests of all humanity.
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Children are a wonderful gift . . . They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
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Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated with tenderness and respect. They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be. 'The unknown person' inside each of them is our hope for the future.
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say.
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Children run wildly, breathlessly... facing the wind...absorbing its speed.
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