It is not the correct thing to scold children for asking questions: this is about as reasonable as to scold them for breathing or thinking.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults. They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.

Young children are not prejudiced against languages, unlike many adults, ... They are not afraid of having a go, of interacting with others linguistically. Later on, their hormones tend to get in the way.

I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated.

The neighborhood children told me that their Polish Catholic priest said that they could no longer play with me because I was a Protestant.