Only-child parents try to run interference on virtually every level in every facet of a child's existence, and that's really not fair because it really leaves a child open for all sorts of disappointments -- major disappointment. If you don't get a child involved early on with as many peer situations as possible, you're in deep trouble.
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GARY SHEFFIELD A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of... RICHARD DAWKINS I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my pee... LARRY HARVEY When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the paren... FULTON J. SHEEN My parents are the coolest of the cool on every single level, and it's because they have a deep ... RASHIDA JONES If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child. JANE GARDAM Closing a public library is child abuse, really, because it hinders child development. ALAN BENNETT As a young child, I suffered all sorts of digestive problems and was constantly under the weather. JAMEELA JAMIL Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no... IRENA SENDLER Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum fo... CHARLES HANDY I told [the story] because from every problem and dark place there's a light at the end of the tunne... AHMAD WESLEY In a world as competitive as ours, the child who does not get a decent education is condemned to the... RUPERT MURDOCH Those who submit like a child do it because they know that the Father wants only the happiness of Hi... HENRY B. EYRING You don't have to read and pronounce every word on a page to share books with a child. JAYE ROBINSON I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate abo... KATE BECKINSALE As much as I'd love to give everybody a really cheap option, it's just simply not possible i... TRAVIS KALANICK Child welfare ought really to cover all sorts of topics, such as better water and sanitation and goo... MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS I think as a child you know when it's time for your parents to split. You realise they love each... ABBIE CORNISH Moms today want to be emotionally and physically involved with their children very early on. It's al... BRIAN GOLDNER When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus. Then your focus direct... THE TRUTH I don't think it's fair that we cannot guarantee every child in this country a great educati... CAMPBELL BROWN As someone who has dealt with his fair share of disappointment, I’ve learned the best way to cope ... CARLOS WALLACE Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA My parents told me in the very beginning as a young child when I raised the question about segregati... JOHN LEWIS The program is for both parents and children because we know that if we want to help a child get fit... EMILY BAKER Too many young people were entering school behind their achieving peers. We wanted every child to co... GEORGE COLEMAN Every child in South Florida can dance. And every child there is amazing. ABBY LEE MILLER To me it's a failure every time we keep a child in foster care for that child's entire life. You kno... HILLARY CLINTON Respect elders; protect children. This I do believe. As a young man it is sometimes, in a charitable... CRISS JAMI I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the great... HILLARY CLINTON Most of the time when kids get in trouble, alcohol is involved. A child who starts drinking at age 1... ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVEN ROWE As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus. Then your focus direct... THE TRUTH All of those are areas in which money goes specifically to stay-at-home parents. This is a program f... KEN DRYDEN The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be ... JOHN LUBBOCK Only do not forget, if I wake up crying it's only because in my dream I'm a lost child PABLO NERUDA The foundation of a strong economy and job creation begins with providing every child in America wit... JARED POLIS So, for example, if a child is labeled as having a learning disability, it has very concrete consequ... ROBERT STERNBERG Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul... DAVE PELZER Every year I try to grow as a player and not get stuck in a rut. I try to improve my game in every w... LIONEL MESSI If you could stay as stubborn as when you were a child then you need not to compromise on your dream... AMIT KALANTRI As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improv... SUI HE Every child is born as angel. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA When you lose a child, you grieve once because you have lost her, when you are barren, you grieve ev... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA when your child is born, you know that of all the lives you might have lived, only this one was ever... K WILCOX It's really more a matter of the whole diet. While I wouldn't want to feed a child macaroni and chee... RUTH KAVA For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that wil... JOHN CONNOLLY Parents are experts on their own kids, so they should trust their instincts. I've seen it both ways;... LUCY NORVELL There is in every child at every stage a new miracle of vigorous unfolding, which constitutes a new ... ERIK ERIKSON I'm an only child, you know, originally. I'm not a child anymore, but I certainly tend to spend a lo... ANNIE LENNOX In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a da... 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A baby usually wakes up in the wee-wee hours of the morning.
A child will not ... UNKNOWN You're always asking yourself, are you doing the best for your child? And other parents let you ... TOM ELLIS I always loved horror, but I read all sorts of books. My favourite as a child was 'The Secret Ga... DARREN SHAN I had been a real problem child, but once I got into acting, my parents never had any more trouble w... PATRICIA RICHARDSON
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage. CHUCK PALAHNIUK I can't lie - I love talking to the people at my shows. I'm so grateful to all my fans. I co... CHUCK BROWN You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the ... CHUCK YEAGER Don't let the same dog bite you twice. CHUCK BERRY I'm thankful for each and every day. We never know when time is up. CHUCK BERRY We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax... CHUCK PALAHNIUK What is the real purpose behind the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus? They seem like gr... CHUCK PALAHNIUK If the citizens of the United States are to turn away from the Communist Manifesto and preserve the ... CHUCK NORRIS Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a h... CHUCK NORRIS The key to a winning season is focusing on one opponent at a time. Winning one week at a time. Never... CHUCK NOLL My first four books, from 'Fight Club' to 'Choke,' dealt with personal identity issu... CHUCK PALAHNIUK In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagn... CHUCK PALAHNIUK That's all there was in our house: poetry and choir rehearsal and duets and so forth; I listened... CHUCK BERRY In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying th... CHUCK CLOSE Chuck Berry doesn't give interviews. CHUCK BERRY Maybe it is true what they say, that playing these Chuck Berry songs is easy. But try singing them. ... CHUCK BERRY Mr. Olsen in the fifth grade made me want to be a writer. He said, 'Chuck, you do this really we... CHUCK PALAHNIUK One day between takes on the 'Oz' set, I went into one of the cells and laid down and dozed ... CHUCK ZITO It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in th... CHUCK NORRIS Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important. CHUCK CLOSE In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tai... CHUCK NORRIS I know that I'm going to die and that you're going to die. I can't do anything about tha... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Maybe it's better just living the way you figure life is when you're a kid. Before you get too smart... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people. CHUCK PALAHNIUK