Christopher Dodd Quotes

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

My job is to help parents give their children the best start in life.

If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

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

Obviously, as parents, we want to do what's best for the kids.

When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.

Being a good mother does not call for the same qualities as being a good housewife; a dedication to keeping children clean and tidy may override an interest in their separate development as individuals.

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it.

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.

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

Don't give up on the child. Give the child an education. Give them daily love.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

I just happen to believe that what's at stake in the early child's development is so vital and so important, and I think it is founded in the main, in the broad cultural sense, on the relationship between the mother and child.

Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child, to reduce stresses in their life, to use positive incentives and words.

Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come.

Children learn to smile from their parents.

I have three kids. I should know how to take care of them.

Modern parents want to nurture so skillfully that Mother Nature will gasp in admiration at the marvels their parenting produces from the soft clay of children.

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.

The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

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

Nobody wants to be a bad parent.

Children require affection. That's very important.

Taking care of children was not something I was good at.