In a Nutshell - 28: Pearls of Parenting Wisdom and Humor

• One thing is certain: Children need lots of free, quiet time to get used to all that’s developing within them. (Fred Rogers)



• Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home. (Bill Cosby)



• None of us is exactly like anyone else, but one thing we have in common is our humanity, our very natural, understandable desire to know that at least somebody,onebody, thinks there’s something special about us, something worth caring about. (Fred Rogers)



• Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)



• Every time we affirm how special our children are to us for being themselves, we’re helping them grow into adults who rejoice in the diversity of the world’s people. (Fred Rogers)



• Never have children, only grandchildren. (Gore Vidal)



• Help your neighbor’s boat across, and lo! Your own has reached the shore. (Hindu proverb)



• I have reached a point in my life where I understand the pain and the challenges; and my attitude is standing up with open arms to meet them all. (Myrlie Evers)



• When it is dark enough you can see the stars. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)



• A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. (Groucho Marx)