markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Children sweeten labors; but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James Baldwin
A wise woman once said to me that there are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these she said is roots, the other, wings. — W. Hodding Carter II
How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children. — Charles Darwin
Let your children go if you want to keep them. — Malcolm Forbes
Your children are not your children/They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself./They come through you but not from you,/And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. — Kahlil Gibran
Children...are like wet cement. Any word that falls on them makes an impact. — Haim Ginott
If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors. — Khaled Hosseini
If from infancy you treat children as gods they are liable in adulthood to act as devils. — P. D. James
Children have more need of models than of critics. — Joseph Joubert
Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. — Martin Mull
If you bungle raising your children I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much. — Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father. — Gloria Steinem
Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde

I hope you enjoyed this.
No debates please. No requirement to agree.

Thanks for viewing.
Mark

foodie65

Much wisdom here

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Yelling goes right over the heads of children, but soft words have great impact.

RiJoRi Loc: Sandy Ridge, NC

Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. — Oscar Wilde

Forgiveness came more easily for me when I realized that my parents did the best they could with the material at hand. And that the material did not include a manual!

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Good ones.
Here are a couple of my own.

Even a mother bird knows when to let their children fly.

If your effort to raise your children didn't work as well as you thought it should, that qualifies you to suggest to other parents what NOT to do.

HamBar06 Loc: Philadelphia, PA

Mark,
I don't usually respond to the UHH submissions, but I would like you to know how much I appreciate all of your impressive number of music submissions and now, of course another one like Children. Best wishes; I hope to enjoy many more of your entries.
Hambar06
aka Larry Biond

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Thank you Larry!! I truly appreciate your reply!
Mark

bobups Loc: Bath pa

I was told by a school teacher there are two type of kids helicopter and free range.

RoswellAlien

Thank you. Those are right on.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Such wisdom and profound thought in those. Thank you for posting the list.

And thank you to the additional posts with extra thoughts.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

UHH and posting is part of my morning ritual. Keeps me alive!
Thanks for your note.
Mark

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

I raised two children, a son and a daughter. From birth they were different in every respect. He was a problem child from the beginning, and got a tremendous amount of support and counseling, yet to this day at 49 he is a nightmare. Not easy for me to say. I have no idea what we could have done differently. They say if a child doesn’t turn out right it’s the parents fault. I no longer believe that, in all cases.
My daughter, she’s just amazing, and if anything I’m guilty of not giving her as much attention as I should have because we were overwhelmed with our son.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Thank You

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

Thanks for sharing.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

I raised two boys and yep...as different as daylight and dark.
The bad part is that we start out unexperienced. We just do our best and hope we've done all we can. When they reach a certain age, the rest is up to them.