David Elkind Quotes

Do not have your child's hair cut by a real hairdresser in a real hairdressing salon. He is, at this point, far too short to be exposed to contempt.

No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

I have no objection to doing anything that is within the law to help children.

There's not a mom or dad that wants to leave their child unprotected.

Hiring someone to look after your children is about the most important thing you will ever do in your life.

Parishes must be the safest places for a child to be.

Children are truly the future of this country - our next teachers, they're our next doctors, they're our next police officers, and they're our next Members of Congress. It's our responsibility to do everything that we can to protect them and make sure that children are able to live, learn, and grow up in safe environments.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

Is there anything more important than a child?

As a parent my greatest fear is always anything that endangers my children.

I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.

I spent most of my adult life as someone's mother and the rest of my life trying to make sure that children are safe. So this to me is - we wrote Hell Is For Children in 1979.

When your child is very young, you must protect him from doing harm to himself and others, then later by precept, explaining to him what is going to be for his eventual happiness.

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.

Go practice if you please with men and women: leave a child alone for Christ's particular love's sake!

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

Every elected official on this planet should understand - don't play with our children, don't do it.

There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.

You want your children to be safe. You want your families to be safe. We know that.

No child's behind left.