There are three ways to get something done, do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it.

Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.

Source: Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home‎ (1987), page: 20. Complete Sentence: Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

When my children remember their childhood, I want only for them to remember that their mother gave it her all. She worried too much, she failed at times and she did not always get it right… but she tried her hardest to teach them about kindness, love, compassion and honesty. Even if she had to learn it from her own mistakes, she loved them enough to keep going—even when things seemed hopeless. Even when life knocked her down. I want them to remember me as the woman who always got back up.

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Children don’t grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up

Source: This quote is from a song “Wake Up” from an album “Funeral” (2004) by Arcade Fire. Complete Stanza: If the children don’t grow up, our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up. We’re just a million little gods causin’ rain storms, turnin’ every good thing to rust.

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

Source: Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (1928) by Margaret Mead.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

The innocence of children is what makes them stand out as a shining example to the rest of Mankind.

Source: Truth Teller (2012) by Kurt Chambers.