• A small child is someone who can wash his hands without getting the soap wet.
• The trouble with children is that when they’re not being a lump in your throat, they’re being a pain in your neck.
• Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.
• A child is a person who can’t understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten. - Doug Larson
• You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him take care of himself. He will make mistakes, and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom. - H.W. Beecher
• Men are generally more careful of their horses and dogs than of their children. - Wm. Penn
• Almost every child would learn to write sooner if allowed to do his homework on wet cement.

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