Augusten Burroughs Quotes

It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

When it comes to kid's issues, voters are willing to put their money where their mouth is.

If plants, and livestock as well, require space and air, sunlight and love, children need them even more. The only real wealth of our country lies in the men and women of the next generation.

We must simply do every single thing in our power to protect our children from abuse and help them live healthy, prosperous lives.

Our children ... are not treated with sufficient respect as human beings, and yet from the moment they are born they have this right to respect. We keep them children for too long, their world separate from the real world of life.

There is no greater cause than making the world fit for children. I feel very strongly about carrying on the family tradition by working with UNICEF to help improve the lives and well-being of children everywhere.

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.

You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.

May we always care for our children, not counting the cost, so that they may never believe themselves to be mistakes, but always know their infinite worth.

The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

After I had my son, Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

We need to assure that we are nurturing our children and meeting their every need in this violent world.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

I never like experimenting with children.

A child deserves the maximum respect.

You don’t play around with the lives of children.

What matters now is the well-being of our kids.

I think the key to being a good parent is to individualize your love for each child.