Robert Winston Quotes

Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood.

I learned that there are two things that kids really like: movement and love. Happy kids move; unhappy, they don't move.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings.

A stable and nurturing childhood is essential for the healthy psycho-emotional and spiritual development of a human being. While we may understand what is supposed to happen to us physically, we must begin to better understand what happens to children mentally, emotionally and spiritually as a result of the families into which they are born.

Children are not a burden.

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.

When what we introduce into the children's world of ideas and feelings is in line with the direction of the developmental forces of a given stage of life, we strengthen the entire developing person in a way that remains a source of strength throughout that person's life.

As we know all too well, our early years are formative in ways it can takes us a lifetime to grasp. Those years leave deep marks; in that way, the stakes of childhood are inherently very high.

We can't have children growing up feeling unloved - the price is too high for that.

The boy taught from infancy to be tough is emotionally doomed.

You don't take your newborn baby, put that baby on your lap, and say, "Now listen, kid, you were born in sin, you're not worth anything, and you've got to pray for mercy." That's not going to raise a healthy adult. And that's what we do Sunday after Sunday after Sunday.

I think my real influences are out of my control, which are the things that entered my brain when I was a kid growing up.

I think anything that happens to you between the ages of zero to 18, and probably further on, has a lasting impact on you.

I never want to hurt no one to the point so they can't go back to their children.

I'm happy that my parents were supportive. They never really pressurised me into going ahead with just about anything.

Moms, you should parent in whatever way works for your family and spend less time worrying about other people's perceptions of how you're doing.

The things that impress you when you're a child have an incredible influence on your life.

My earliest childhood memories are just of me falling and getting injuries.

I was allowed to do whatever made me happy. I can't think of a better or more worthwhile approach to parenting.

Children should be kept as normal as possible. At a very young age, they are not even aware of the happenings around them. You need to do whatever you can to grow them normally.

A lot of peoples' parents aren't very supportive; my mom is super supportive.

Everything in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.

I am more of the disciplinarian and the bad cop at home. Since Mahesh spoils our son, I have to balance it out.

Both of my parents have loved and supported me from my very first strides.