children

“Adults who were hurt as children inevitably exhibit a peculiar strength, a profound inner wisdom, and a remarkable creativity and insight. Deep within them - just beneath the wound - lies a profound spiritual vitality, a quiet knowing, a way of perceiving what is beautiful, right, and true...

"When we were small children, we all played dress-up and everybody had a good time. So why stop?" Iris Apfel

If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children enjoy honest, simple pleasures, I have done a bit of good. Beatrix Potter

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating mostly consists of building enough book shelves. Anna Quindlen

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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle

New blog post by Michael James Treacy One Day in April Thinking back to 2022… a quartet of grandchildren: Jack (nine years), Jacob (eight years), James (six years) and Sophie (four years) came for a play day. Spring sunshine was on offer, so we spent much of the time outdoors where an...

“Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me offer you a definition - is the storytelling animal. Wherever he goes he wants to leave behind not a chaotic wake, not an empty space, but the comforting marker-buoys and...

New blog post by Pamela Jo Christmas Eve in the Graveyard Four-year-old Hugh wanted to be a villain. This puzzled my son Jack. If they played Star Wars, it was Luke vs Darth Vader, which made a convenient pairing since neither had to battle against an imaginary adversary. Nevertheless, Jack...

Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read. Marilyn Jager Adams

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. Margaret Mead

In which a U.S. Newberry author wins for the first time. I´m looking forward to reading this novel. The premise is quite interesting. Guardian children's fiction prize goes to Rebecca Stead