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Parents ought to feel more comfortable about the care of their children than some experts would seem to permit. If children were so fragile and parenting so difficult to learn, where would we all be as adults? Picture Quote #1

I always felt a little bit like a little kid that’s never grown up in the world of adults Picture Quote #1

Not everybody loves their children. If that was a fact, all the children would be happy and they would make happy adults. Instead, we have lots of miserable children that later became miserable adults. This is a fact. We cannot change that Picture Quote #1

Our kids are not here to comfort us, to entertain us, or to validate us. Those things need to come from ourselves and from other adults Picture Quote #1

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don’t feel everybody can connect to Picture Quote #1

My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults Picture Quote #1

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We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it’s not just my way or the highway Picture Quote #1

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults Picture Quote #1

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children Picture Quote #1

I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that’s not really there Picture Quote #1

In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children Picture Quote #1

I don’t think coolness used to be such a commodity among adults. And now it is Picture Quote #1

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Cohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it’s all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It’s what keeps otherwise functional adults living with their mothers Picture Quote #1

Recently, I’ve really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults Picture Quote #1

I’ve always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults Picture Quote #1

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children Picture Quote #1

When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning Picture Quote #1

There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them Picture Quote #1

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When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind Picture Quote #1

Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized Picture Quote #1

Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It’s accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics Picture Quote #1

I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel: they cannot imagine doubt’s complete absence. They have forgotten Picture Quote #1

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults Picture Quote #1

How oft do they rescue or ruin us, through whimsy or design or a combination of both, the adults to whom we entrust our care! Picture Quote #1

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Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth Picture Quote #1

For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment Picture Quote #1

Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small and having a child’s need for sleep Picture Quote #1

Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too Picture Quote #1

You know... it’s a hard age. Kids are in that stage where they’re beginning to understand the world of adults, without having the maturity of adults to deal with everything going on around them Picture Quote #1

Please tell me we don’t grow up and turn into the adults that drive us crazy Picture Quote #1

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Parents ought to feel more comfortable about the care of their children than some experts would seem to permit. If children were so fragile and parenting so difficult to learn, where would we all be as adults? (Adults Quotes) I always felt a little bit like a little kid that’s never grown up in the world of adults (Adults Quotes) Not everybody loves their children. If that was a fact, all the children would be happy and they would make happy adults. Instead, we have lots of miserable children that later became miserable adults. This is a fact. We cannot change that (Adults Quotes) Our kids are not here to comfort us, to entertain us, or to validate us. Those things need to come from ourselves and from other adults (Adults Quotes) Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don’t feel everybody can connect to (Adults Quotes) My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They treated us like adults (Adults Quotes) We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it’s not just my way or the highway (Adults Quotes) I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults (Adults Quotes) Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children (Adults Quotes) I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that’s not really there (Adults Quotes) In great countries, children are always trying to remain children, and the parents want to make them into adults. In vile countries, the children are always wanting to be adults and the parents want to keep them children (Adults Quotes) I don’t think coolness used to be such a commodity among adults. And now it is (Adults Quotes) Cohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it’s all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It’s what keeps otherwise functional adults living with their mothers (Adults Quotes) Recently, I’ve really responded to books that bring the magic of childhood back to us as adults (Adults Quotes) I’ve always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults (Adults Quotes) Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children (Adults Quotes) When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning (Adults Quotes) There’s a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we’re even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won’t supply them (Adults Quotes) When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind (Adults Quotes) Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized (Adults Quotes) Schizoid behavior is a pretty common thing in children. It’s accepted, because all we adults have this unspoken agreement that children are lunatics (Adults Quotes) I never, even for a moment, doubted what they’d told me. This is why it is that adults and even parents can, unwittingly, be cruel: they cannot imagine doubt’s complete absence. They have forgotten (Adults Quotes) What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults (Adults Quotes) How oft do they rescue or ruin us, through whimsy or design or a combination of both, the adults to whom we entrust our care! (Adults Quotes) Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this: the adults are the enemy, not the other armies. They do not tell us the truth (Adults Quotes) For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment (Adults Quotes) Being sent to bed is a terrible command to all children, because it means the most public possible humiliation in front of adults, the confession that they bear the stigma of childhood, of being small and having a child’s need for sleep (Adults Quotes) Though children can accept adults as adults, adults can never accept children as anything but adults too (Adults Quotes) You know... it’s a hard age. Kids are in that stage where they’re beginning to understand the world of adults, without having the maturity of adults to deal with everything going on around them (Adults Quotes) Please tell me we don’t grow up and turn into the adults that drive us crazy (Adults Quotes)

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